Date of birth:

September 6th, 1913 (Posen/Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

June 8th, 1944 (near Rennes/Britanny, France)

Nationality:

German

Siegfried Simsch was killed on 8th June 1944, when he was shot down near Rennes. At that moment he was Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 11 with the rank of Hauptmann.

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