Simmons, Alphonso, 1st Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1943-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 332nd Fighter Group

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Georgia

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town Jacksonville, Florida	Last Address Ramitelli Airfield, Foggia, Italy

Casualty Date Mar 03, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Austria	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Sicily-Rome, Italy	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot J Row 9 Grave 68

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, World War II Fallen
	2013, Tuskegee Airmen - Assoc. Page

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1943-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 100th Fighter Squadron
	1943-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 332nd Fighter Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Anzio Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/North Apennines Campaign (1944-45)
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1943-1943, PT-17 Kaydet
	1943-1943, BT-13 Valiant
	1943-1943, AT-6 Texan
	1943-1944, P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk
	1943-1944, P-39 Airacobra
	1944-1944, P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug)
	1944-1945, P-51/F-51 Mustang

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

On Aug 9, 1944 he had to bail out of his P-51 over Yugoslavia. He linked up with a group of Yugloslav partisans until he was able to return to his squadron Sep 8. On Mar 3, 1945 he was strafing an enemy airfield in Austria when he was hit by flak and killed.

Comments/Citation:

Sources:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=Alphonso+Simmons&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=208374
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/military/article_ef980c16-5ede-11df-a42f-0017a4a78c22.html
https://www.abmc.gov/node/549379#.WLjmsBjGwUM
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56314429