In Memory

Paul W Simpson - Class Of 1939

Paul W Simpson

First Lieutenant Paul W Simpson was the Bombardier on B-29 42-24505 (Wild Hair) on a mission to Mukden, Manchuria on December 21, 1944.  A Japanese aircraft dropped an aerial burst bomb onto the plane which caused it to catch on fire and crash. Two men were killed and the other ten crew members were taken prisoner. The plane crashed 60 miles south of Mukden, Manchuria.

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