Francis George Simmonds                  Updated: 23 MAR 2021

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, gr. 13

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) p054MACR
Se Begravelse, del I - Begravelse, del II - Begravelse, del III.

Arne Mosgaard har RAF gravene i Tarm - Flystyrt omkring Tarm og Skjern.
Styrtet var omkring her, vest for Aahvile, Vardevej 116, 6900 Skjern, overblik her og her.
(Kilde: Christian Ringskou)

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.
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On 28 November 1941 the 4 airmen were buried in Frederikshavn. (Source: FAF)
See Burial, part I - Burial, part II - Burial, part III.

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

SThe crash was about here, west of  Aahvile, Vardevej 116, 6900 Skjern.  (Source: Christian Ringskou)
See No. 608 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia of Coastal Command.
This Hudson was on a patrol like HUD AM523 that crashed near Thisted.
Hudson V AM715 UL-T took off from RAF Thornaby at 10.43 hrs on 23 NOV 1941.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) p054MACR 4 airmen.