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Captain of the football team and a member of the varsity eight in his junior year, Francis May Simonds graduated from Columbia University in 1916. Flying the SPAD XIII, Simonds was one of five airmen to become an ace while serving with the 147th Aero Squadron under James Meissner.
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| French Croix de Guerre |
| An excellent pilot who has always shown great courage and an absolute scorn for danger. On 2 July 1918, being on a patrol of seven planes, he continued a hard fight although both his machine guns jammed. On 16 July 1918, he attacked three enemy planes, brought down one, forced another to land and put the third to flight.
General Order No. 12.027, GHQ French Armies of the East, 29 November 1918 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
05 Jul 1918 |
0930 |
147th |
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Pfalz D.III 1 |
Château Thierry |
| 2 |
16 Jul 1918 |
1415 |
147th |
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Fokker D.VII 2 |
Dormans |
| 3 |
24 Jul 1918 |
1735 |
147th |
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Fokker D.VII 3 |
Bois de Fère |
| 4 |
02 Oct 1918 |
1815 |
147th |
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Halberstadt C 4 |
Bois de Fère |
| 5 |
12 Oct 1918 |
0945 |
147th |
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Hannover CL 5 |
Romagne |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Ralph O'Neill |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt A H Jones, Lt C P Porter |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt T L Abernathy, Lt James Healy, Lt A H Jones, Lt Ralph O'Neill, Lt S P Porter |
| 4 |
Shared with Lt A H Jones, Lt Hamilton Coolidge, Lt E G Garnsey |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt T J Abernathy, Lt Kenneth Porter |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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