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SSGT Edwin Adam Simoncek

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SSGT Edwin Adam Simoncek

Birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Dec 1942 (aged 27)
France
Burial
Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot A Row 29 Grave 27
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Took off from Thurleigh, assigned target Romilly-sur-Seine. Hit by 20mm cannon fire shortly after leaving the target. Aircraft slowly left the formation and went into a flat spin, rolled over and crashed in the vicinity of Nangis, France 7 KIA, 2 POW, 1 evaded.
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Two of his crewmates SSgt Arnold Pearson and Sgt Stephen Ross are also buried in the Epinal American Cemetery.
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Entered the Service from Pennsylvania.
Took off from Thurleigh, assigned target Romilly-sur-Seine. Hit by 20mm cannon fire shortly after leaving the target. Aircraft slowly left the formation and went into a flat spin, rolled over and crashed in the vicinity of Nangis, France 7 KIA, 2 POW, 1 evaded.
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Two of his crewmates SSgt Arnold Pearson and Sgt Stephen Ross are also buried in the Epinal American Cemetery.
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Entered the Service from Pennsylvania.

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