TSgt Robert J Simon (563rd Signal Air Warning Battalion) was passager on a C-47B #43-48611 Army Transport plane and was killed in a plane crash at Le Plessis-Gassot in France. The plane took off from A-54C (Le Bourget-Paris) at 0935 for AAF-343 (Biggin Hill) with a load of passengers and crashed approximately seven minutes later. The crash was fatal to eighteen of the twenty two occupants of the plane and the other four persons were all seriously injured. The plane was completely demolished by the crash. There were no witnesses and the four surviving passengers were unable to remember anything that could help determine the cause of the accident. Although the accident was thoroughly investigated by an accident committee, they were unable to determine the cause of the crash.
TSgt Robert J Simon (563rd Signal Air Warning Battalion) was passager on a C-47B #43-48611 Army Transport plane and was killed in a plane crash at Le Plessis-Gassot in France. The plane took off from A-54C (Le Bourget-Paris) at 0935 for AAF-343 (Biggin Hill) with a load of passengers and crashed approximately seven minutes later. The crash was fatal to eighteen of the twenty two occupants of the plane and the other four persons were all seriously injured. The plane was completely demolished by the crash. There were no witnesses and the four surviving passengers were unable to remember anything that could help determine the cause of the accident. Although the accident was thoroughly investigated by an accident committee, they were unable to determine the cause of the crash.
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Entered the Service from New York.
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