Theron B Smith

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195





Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Leroy Angell Massey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17061100 / O-730555
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3298

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Spokane, WA 9 June 1919 Son of Arthur C and Bessie M Smith

Enlisted

Parkwater, WA 16 September 1940 Parkwater, Washington

Other

Baled out POW

Hanover, Germany 26 July 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 26 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

9 February 1975

Buried

Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Seattle, WA 13 February 1975 Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home Seattle, King County, WA

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Horham 26 July 1943 Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/186172723
https://www.fold3.com/image/647963306
https://www.fold3.com/record/72574318-theron-smith
https://www.fold3.com/record/85401093-theron-b-smith
https://www.fold3.com/record/628416956-theron-smith-1919
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19381700/theron-b-smith#add-to-vc

Date
ContributorHarold Rolle
Changes
Sources

Service Number per POW record at: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&tf=F&q=209…

Date
ContributorHarold Rolle
Changes
Sources

2 sources showing his first name as Theron, NOT Tharon. Sources are enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=25&tf=F&q=th…
AND POW report: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&tf=F&q=209…
The miss-spelling is also at the: https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/6305
Note the Serial Number on the enlistment record, POW record, and 95th Bomb Group are the same.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database