Leonard H Smith

Military
media-7040.jpeg UPL 7040 Lt. Len Smith (Left) & Lt. Lou Loevsky (Right) standing beside the tail of a destroyed German a/c after being liberated from Stalag Luft III - April 1945
Notice Loevsky's "salute" to the Germans!
466th BG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7040 - Lt. Len Smith (Left) & Lt. Lou Loevsky (Right) standing beside the tail of a destroyed German a/c after being liberated from Stalag Luft III - April...

B-24H #41-29434 'Terry and the Pirates' was involved in a mid-air collision after the other a/c was hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29434

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Terry & The Pirates
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 22 March 1944 Stalag Luft III

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466th BG Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3492 / MACR 3492, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Leonard H Smith: Gallery (1 items)

Object number: UPL 7040 - Lt. Len Smith (Left) & Lt. Lou Loevsky (Right)...