Sturley Simpson

Air Vice Marshal Sturley Philip Simpson, (13 June 1896 – 28 April 1966) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career
Simpson was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915 during the First World War. Awarded the Military Cross in 1927, he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 4 Squadron in 1930 and Station Commander at RAF Thornaby in 1938. During the Second World War he commanded AHQ Gibraltar and then No. 18 Group. He retired in 1947.

After the Second World War Simpson was Commandant at Northolt Aerodrome.