Simon Cohen

Military

Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras, France 1-Apr-44 evaded capture EVD. MACR 3596.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0661892
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roxbury, Boston, MA 22 October 1923

Enlisted

Boston, MA 4 December 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Evaded

Arras, France 1 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras, France 1-Apr-44 evaded capture EVD. MACR 3596.

Died

Paso Robles, CA 24 September 2003

Buried

Paso Robles District Cemetery Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, CA 27 September 2003 Paso Robles District Cemetery Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, CA

Based

Hethel 1 April 1944 Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.
Suffolk County, MA, USA

Based

Seething Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 3596 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database