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2LT Carl Simon

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2LT Carl Simon

Birth
Death
2 Nov 1943
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 79 SITE 404-405
Memorial ID
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2nd/Lt. Carl Simon KIA
Hometown: New York
Squadron: 15th AF
Service # O-6787759
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot

Target:
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 2-Nov-43
Serial Number: 41-24258
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name: DESERT LILLY
Location: Wiener Neustadt (4th mission) Lower Austria
Cause:Unknown 8KIA
Notes: The first mission ( 4th overall ) by the US Fifteenth Air Force targeting Wiener Neustadt and its nearby Messerschmitt plant. The groups flew 1,600 mile round trip and dropped 312 tons of bombs on the Raxwerke.
2nd/Lt. Carl Simon KIA
Hometown: New York
Squadron: 15th AF
Service # O-6787759
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot

Target:
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 2-Nov-43
Serial Number: 41-24258
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name: DESERT LILLY
Location: Wiener Neustadt (4th mission) Lower Austria
Cause:Unknown 8KIA
Notes: The first mission ( 4th overall ) by the US Fifteenth Air Force targeting Wiener Neustadt and its nearby Messerschmitt plant. The groups flew 1,600 mile round trip and dropped 312 tons of bombs on the Raxwerke.

Inscription

2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II


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  • Created by: Eric Kreft
  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32946368/carl-simon: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Carl Simon (unknown–2 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32946368, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Eric Kreft (contributor 46843358).