Melvin Cecil Smith
Military
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UPL 7339
Crew #606
Richard O. Foster Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard F. Elliott (B), Stuart Park Glenn (N), Melvin C. Smith (R/O), James Springsteen (FE), John L. Gordon (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Richard O. Foster (P), William Lakeman (CP), John E. Cane (TG), Vincent Burns (WG), John R. Martin (TT)
This crew completed a 30 combat mission tour.
Richard O. Foster Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard F. Elliott (B), Stuart Park Glenn (N), Melvin C. Smith (R/O), James Springsteen (FE), John L. Gordon (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Richard O. Foster (P), William Lakeman (CP), John E. Cane (TG), Vincent Burns (WG), John R. Martin (TT)
This crew completed a 30 combat mission tour.
466th BG Historian
24-Jun-43, B17 41-9174 was on a navigational test flight when problems developed on take-off. Listed with 11th CCRC/ 326th BS
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-535724
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot -- Squadron Operations Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Clair, MO | 9 February 1913 | |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 30 July 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Died |
6 December 1973 | 6 Dec 1973 (aged 60) Palm Springs, CA | |
Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery Statesville, Iredell County, NC | 9 December 1973 | Oakwood Cemetery Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina |
Los Angeles, CA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 351, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 161