Simmans, Albert Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Albert Edward |
Surname | Simmans |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Edward and Lily Beatrice Simmans, of Barking, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3633 |
Markings | KO-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Aabenraaa Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Mil. Plot. Row 1. 6. |
Epitaph | WHAT WE KEEP IN MEMORY IS OURS, UNCHANGED FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 241 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 613714 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Diagonalvej 7, DK-6541 Bevtoft, Syddanmark Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone memorial |
Memorial Text | Her faldt d 26 april 1942 6 engelske flyvere for Danmarks befrielse |
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-04-1942 |
End Date | 26-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Rostock. 110 aircraft to bomb the town and 18 to bomb the Heinkel factory. The former was bombed heavily and the latter was hit for the first time by 106 Sqn under Guy Gibson |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 3km SW of Over Jerstal, Denmark, where a stone memorial was erected by the villagers |