Francis George Simmonds                 Updated:  08 JAN 2012

Airman: a019018.htm Surname: Simmonds Init: F G Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 608

P_link: p054.htm Plane: HUD AM715 Operation: Patrol Crash_site: Near Skjern

Crash_d: d231141 Buried_d: b281141 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn

Den 23. november 1941 styrtede HUD AM715 ned ved Skjern. Flyet var på patrulje ved de danske
kyster.
3 flyvere blev dræbt ved styrtet. Sgt Simmonds døde på Tarm Sygehus den 24. november 1941.
Den 28. november 1941 blev de 4 flyvere begravet i Frederikshavn. (Kilde: FAF)
Styrtet var måske omkring her. (Kilde: AOD)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) Francis George Simmonds var fra United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)

4 flyvere.

On 23 November 1941 HUD AM715 crashed near Skjern. It was on a patrol near the coasts of Denmark.

3 airmen were killed in the crash. Sgt Simmonds died at Tarm Hospital on 24 November 1941.

On 28 November 1941 the 4 airmen were buried in Frederikshavn. (Source: FAF)
The crash was maybe about here. (Source: AOD)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) Francis George Simmonds was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

See Bomber Command No. 608 Squadron. This Hudson took off from RAF Thornaby.
See The Wartimes Memories Project - Thornaby.
4 airmen.