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RAF Lieutenant Walter Carl Simon was an American  ace  with No. 139 Squadron on the Italian front  during World War I, accredited with eight aerial victories. Five of these    were registered  during a single engagement  on July 30, 1918   following  an attack by 16 enemy aircraft   while on offensive patrol in a  Bristol F2b  with  his observer, Lt. William Watson Smith,  and   three  other  F2bs. Smith was wounded during the fight,  Simon  brought them  back  and  landed their  heavily  damaged  Bristol  as an ace,    and  both  men  were later  awarded the DFC.

Following WWI, Simon left for Lima, Peru,   where on August 9, 1920 he became sub-director of the country's first Naval Aviation  Flying School equipped with Curtis "Seagull" 115 hydroplanes. During  WWII Simon served in USAAF and was discharged with the rank of  Lt. Colonel. He remained on flying status afterwards as a civilian,  flying  army trainers on weekends  until the age of 65.

Sources: Army Form W. 3348,   COMBATS IN THE AIR,   A.M. file 655640/37  signed by W.G. Barker, Major, Commanding 139 Squadron;     websites / History of Peruvian Aviation.