DAMBUSTERS Simmonds, Harold Thomas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Simmonds ​

• FORENAME

Harold Thomas ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1248156 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th September 1943 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 164 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 25.12.1921 Burgess Hill,Sussex​

son of Thomas and Elizebeth Simmonds,Burgess Hill,Sussex​

educated London Road School,Burgess Hill​

worked in a government job​

RAF 1941​

2 RC 22.3.1941​

3 RC 22.9.1941​

10 (S) RC 25.9.1941​

R&DU 31.12.1941​

RAF Kemble 5.1.1942​

Mount Batten 29.5.1942​

11 STT 9.9.1942​

2 AGS 6.11.1942​

1660 CU 5.1.1943​

97 Squadron 15.3.1943​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster JA981​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

recalled and crash in sea 8 miles NE of Cromer,Norfolk ​

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