Hylan V Simmons
MilitaryOn 3 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23806 'Bat Out of Hell' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft crashed south-west of Haverfordwest returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Hospitalized and transferred to St. Athan.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Bat Out Of Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
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Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2015. Made connections to Place. Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 39, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27