

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)
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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.)
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