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| Name: |
Eric Landon Simonson |
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Australia |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Australian Flying Corps |
| Unit: |
2 (AFC) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
23 January 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Brighton, Victoria |
| Died: |
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An engineering student when he enlisted in 1915, Eric Landon Simonson transferred to the Australian Flying Corps in 1917 after serving with the infantry on the Western Front. An S.E.5a pilot, he was posted to 2 Squadron in France on 15 May 1918 and downed one Pfalz D.XII and four Fokker D.VIIs by the end of the war. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
24 Sep 1918 |
1820 |
2 (AFC) |
S.E.5a (D406) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Habourdin |
| 2 |
24 Sep 1918 |
1820 |
2 (AFC) |
S.E.5a (D406) |
Pfalz D.XII (OOC) |
S of Habourdin |
| 3 |
28 Oct 1918 |
1525 |
2 (AFC) |
S.E.5a (D1125) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
W of Lessines |
| 4 |
30 Oct 1918 |
0845 |
2 (AFC) |
S.E.5a (D1125) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
N of Tournai |
| 5 |
04 Nov 1918 |
0810 |
2 (AFC) |
S.E.5a (D1125) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Tombelle |
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