2nd Lt. Farid Simaika 0-573371

2nd Lt. Farid Simaika O-573371 Aka فريد سميكة‎ Army Air Corps. Farid was born on June 12, 1907, in Egypt. He competed for Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics Simaika won the silver medal at platform high diving and the bronze medal at the 3-meter springboard. Simaika's silver medal was controversial, as the judges first announced Simaika the winner, with the Desjardins coming second. While the band played the Egyptian national anthem, it was discovered that Desjardins won the contest. Simaika married Mabel C Vanden Akker on February 13, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. He then married Betty Jane Wilson and they had one child together. In 1940 he was 5 foot 7 inches tall weighed 155 pounds had brown hair and brow eyes. In March 1942 Simaika received American citizenship, and on August 3, 1942 enlisted in the U.S. Army.  He served in SQUADRON IV FLIGHT 16 of HEADQUARTERS AIR INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Harrisburg, Pennsylvania EIGHTH COMBAT INTELLIGENCE COURSE (Second Phase). Simaika training at Lowry Field in Colorado as an assistant intelligence officer of a bombardment group preparing for overseas action. He latter served in 530th Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy. He went missing on September 11, 1943 over Makassar, Indonesia at the age of 36. He was declared dead on December 19, 1945. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999

2nd Lt. Farid Simaika O-573371 Aka فريد سميكة‎ Army Air Corps. Farid was born on June 12, 1907, in Egypt. He competed for Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics Simaika won the silver medal at platform high diving and the bronze medal at the 3-meter springboard. Simaika’s silver medal was controversial, as the judges first announced Simaika the winner, with the Desjardins coming second. While the band played the Egyptian national anthem, it was discovered that Desjardins won the contest. Simaika married Mabel C Vanden Akker on February 13, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. He then married Betty Jane Wilson and they had one child together. In 1940 he was 5 foot 7 inches tall weighed 155 pounds had brown hair and brow eyes. In March 1942 Simaika received American citizenship, and on August 3, 1942 enlisted in the U.S. Army.  He served in SQUADRON IV FLIGHT 17 of HEADQUARTERS AIR INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Harrisburg, Pennsylvania EIGHTH COMBAT INTELLIGENCE COURSE (Second Phase). Simaika training at Lowry Field in Colorado as an assistant intelligence officer of a bombardment group preparing for overseas action. He served in 530th Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy. He went missing on September 11, 1943 over Makassar, Indonesia at the age of 36. He was declared dead on December 19, 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (PTO), and the World War Two Victory Medal. 

 

1- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

2- California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999

3- Farid Simaika. sports-reference.com

4- FARID SIMAIKA (EGY) 1982 Honor Diver.ishof.org

5- Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men’s Platform Archived 6 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

6- The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 August 1928

 7- The Charleston Gazette, 12 August 1928

8- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=TS14&tf=F&q=farid+simaika&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1735045

9- https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65

10-  EIGHTH COMBAT INTELLIGENCE COURSE (Second Phase). Unit photo