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Martin Henry Smith Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-29647.jpeg UPL 29647 1st Lt. Martin H. Smith, 78th FG.

IWM Collection: MOSELEY, L L and Family

Object Number - UPL 29647 - 1st Lt. Martin H. Smith, 78th FG.

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Non operational flight to Duxford in B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie'; pilot clipped control tower beacon, lost control and crashed into barracks building. Died non Battle (DNB)

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), PH.

See: http://www.ulongbeach.com/B17_Crash_Sasser.html

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Units served with

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

84th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-102937

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ready Freddie
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-75525

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

43-25297

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force Field Order 372

Date: 6 June 1944

8th Air Force Field Order 371

Date: 6 June 1944

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Davenport, Iowa	29 November 1917	Son of Martin Henry and Mathilda Elizabeth [Hanke] Smith.
Enlisted	Burlington, IA	19 January 1942	Burlington, Iowa
Died Killed in service (non-combat)	Duxford, UK	19 July 1944	Non operational flight; crash at Duxford. Died non Battle (DNB)
Buried		20 July 1944	Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 1 Grave 74
Based	Duxford	19 July 1944	Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date2 Jul 2021 16:00:15

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294476/martin-henry-smith

Date25 Aug 2019 12:22:31

ContributormiAmigo

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Crash info via 66FW Archives

Date24 May 2019 13:32:15

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Peter Randall - 78th FG D-Day List;

Date8 Jun 2016 11:09:07

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date2 Oct 2014 11:20:57

ContributorCarl

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Records of 78th Fighter Group USAAF at Duxford, 1943 - 1945 (IWM Documents.10395 - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030010237 )

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:43

ContributorAAM

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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Martin Henry Smith: Gallery (3 items)

Lt. Quince L. Brown (far left) and three other fighter pilots of the 78th Fighter Group stand in front of P-47 Thunderbolt, probably at Duxford air base where the group was stationed between April 1943 and October 1945. 1943-1944.

Object number: FRE 307 - Lt. Quince L. Brown (far left) and three other...

Object number: UPL 22109 - Martin Smith, JR - Davenport, 78th FG, KIA

Object number: UPL 29647 - 1st Lt. Martin H. Smith, 78th FG.