{"id":474,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2021-03-14T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T10:33:05","slug":"hirsch-simon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/hirsch-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirsch, Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Simon Hirsch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pilot, 77 Squadron<br>Service number 1042116<br>Died 22 June 1943<br>Buried Ede General Cemetery, Netherlands<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Simon was born in 1921 in Prestwich, Manchester to Bernard and Elise n\u00e9e Rosensweig and he had five siblings, Marcus, Isidore, Rita, Adela and Ettie. Their father Bernard worked as a tailor&#8217;s presser. As a boy Simon was a member of the 283rd Manchester (Jewish) Boy Scouts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simon married Golda (Gladys) Rickless in April 1941 in Manchester. Their son David was born in 1942.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simon was the pilot of Halifax JB 852 which departed RAF Elvington on a night operation to Krefeld. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed NNE of Ede, Holland killing all the crew. It was Simon&#8217;s third operation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/G, Edmund Dawson, 1322722<br>Nav, Charles William Falckh, 1681266<br>A\/G, William Goodman Garratt, 1144424<br>W\/Op, Norman Victor Hickling, 1272101<br>A\/B, Raymond Geoffrey Kingsland, 658993<br>F\/E, John Phillips, 643976<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hirsch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12611\" width=\"242\" height=\"343\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HIRSCH-Simon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HIRSCH-Simon.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HIRSCH-Simon-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch-700x83.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch-700x83.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch-250x30.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch-768x91.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch-120x14.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Simon-Hirsch.jpg 879w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sgt-Hirsch-77-Sqn-Ops.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sgt Hirsch, 77 Sqn Ops, Courtesy of Tony Hibberd<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sgt-Hirsch-77-Sqn-Ops.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Hirsch Pilot, 77 SquadronService number 1042116Died 22 June 1943Buried Ede General Cemetery, NetherlandsAge 22 Simon was born in 1921 in Prestwich, Manchester to Bernard and Elise n\u00e9e Rosensweig and he had five siblings, Marcus, Isidore, Rita, Adela and Ettie. 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