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Francis May Simonds, United States air service, an ex-football star, reported missing about six weeks ago, is safe after a remarkable experience, according to his parents. Not fully recovered from illness, he started on a flying trip with other machines over German territory. At the beginning of an action at high altitude he lost consciousness and his machine dived toward the earth.
His companions, continuing the fight, gave him up for lost but Simonds recovered consciousness and managed to turn the nose of the machine up and break the force of his fall. He was knocked unconscious but came to in an allied hospital far from his own sector. He has now recovered and reported for duty again.
Lieutenant Simonds was graduated from Columbia in 1916, after being captain of the football team and a member of the varsity eight in his junior year.
The Lima Sunday News (Lima, Ohio) - Sunday, November 10, 1918
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