Floyd W Smith

Military
media-30587.jpeg UPL 30587 Floyd W. Smith, kneeling, fourth from left.

Date of photograph unknown, aircraft tail number unknown.

Object Number - UPL 30587 - Floyd W. Smith, kneeling, fourth from left.

Floyd W. Smith was born on 12 February 1915 in Fyffe, Alabama and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on or about 17 August 1942. When I was a child he related some details of his experience stating that he primarily served as a waist gunner. Flight records in my possession indicate thirty missions flown; from 9 September 1943 through 23 February 1945; signed "Certified Correct"

Charles R. Ham, 1st Lieutenant, Air Corps Operations Officer.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Floyd W. Smith was my grandfathers' brother. After the war he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee and worked as an auto mechanic and then eventually for Dupont Corporation.

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ContributorAAM
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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 30587 - Floyd W. Smith, kneeling, fourth from left.