Simons, Frederick Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Edward |
Surname | Simons |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Edward and Annie Simons, of Erdington, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | JA453 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Erdington (St. Barnabas) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | D. 441. |
Epitaph | A VOLUNTEER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY (Bible - Solomon 2:17) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 97 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1435840 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 84 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village War Memorial, Cenarth, Carmarthanshire, Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Wellington JA453 which crashed while on a night navigation exercise on 23rd August 1944 |
Location | Junction of Harrington Rd & Green Crescent, Desborough, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those men of 84 OTU who were lost flying from RAF Desborough |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-08-1944 |
End Date | 23-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Peplow |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Lost power and crash-landed at Aberporth airfield in North Wales |