Joseph Simoncini

Military

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission in B-17G 42-97680 'Lil Satan' Baled out after direct hit to nose of A/C. Prisoner of War (POW). 25-Jun-44. MACR 6738.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Karl Edmund Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097931 / O-808295
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pekin, IL 26 December 1921 Son of Lazzero and Maria [Dolcetti] Simoncini.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL 6 June 1942 Peoria, Illinois

Other

Baled out

60000 Beauvais, France 25 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission in B-17G 42-97680 'Lil Satan' Prisoner of War (POW). 25-Jun-44. MACR 6738.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

22 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

26 December 1985

Buried

Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, IL 29 December 1985 Lakeside Cemetery Pekin, Tazewell County, Il

Based

Kimbolton 25 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29100248
https://www.fold3.com/image/657508567
https://www.fold3.com/record/84387021-joseph-simoncini
https://www.fold3.com/record/628097092-joseph-simoncini-1921
http://www.8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113707160/joseph-simoncini

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29100248/?terms=Arthur%20Maatta
https://www.fold3.com/page/83403417_joseph_simoncini/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/3511905_joseph_simoncini/details/

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29100248/?terms=Arthur%20Maatta
https://www.fold3.com/page/83403417_joseph_simoncini/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/3511905_joseph_simoncini/details/

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 311