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Personal info

Full name
SIMON, Edward Francis
Date of birth
19 November 1922
Age
20
Place of birth
Reserve Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Perrysville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13037453
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 June 1943
Place of death
Bungern, 3 miles southeast of Bocholt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Anton J. Simon (father)
Elizabeth M. (Kremmel) Simon (mother)
Walter Simon (brother)
Gerald Simon (brother)
Eleanor Simon (sister)
Alma Simon (sister)
Loretta Simon (sister)
Edith Simon (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29998
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Marl, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Zeche Auguste Viktoria, oil refinery
MACR: 15576

More information

S/Sgt Edward F. Simon was an architect.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 1 July 1941.

A/C 42-29998 was shot down by enemy aircraft. Of the 10 men crew only 2 survived and were taken prisoner.

S/Sgt Simon was initially buried at the City Cemetery of Bocholt on 25 June 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Ed Breitenstein (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1920-1930 Census

Photo source: FOHF, Ed Breitenstein (nephew)