Arthur James Simpson

Military

Assigned to 346BS, 99BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Innsbruck in B1-7 42-5223 19-Dec-43; ditched Adriatic Sea. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1528

Awards: DFC, PH.

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Units served with

346th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

99th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5223

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron

Places

Tortorella

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Lunenburg, Massachusetts	22 July 1915	Born Lunenburg, Massachusetts
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	Off Ancona, Italy	19 December 1943	Ditched / Drowned Off Ancona, Italy
Buried	Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy	20 December 1943	Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Buried Memorialised	Forest Hill Cemetery Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts	1 January 1948	Memorialised Forest Hill Cemetery Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts