Blythe Robert Smyth
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 38878
Roanoke Times Newspaper Jan 1945
Roanoke Times Newspaper
Plane crashed near Aston Clinton, England. All crew members died. Unit was part of Carpetbaggers that dropped leaflets, relief supplies and paratroopers on day and night flights.
Memorial plaque in Aston Clinton's Church of St. Michael and All Angels.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19151770 / O-775027
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Cancer
- Unit: 406th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Virginia, USA | 16 December 1912 | Son of Blythe Deems and Mary Douglas [Howard] Smythe. |
Enlisted |
Roanoke, VA, USA | 10 June 1941 | Roanoke, Virginia |
Died |
Aston Clinton, UK | 3 January 1945 | Crashed Aston Clinton in B-24 42-52650 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15974 |
Based |
Harrington | 3 January 1945 | Assigned to 406BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Rockingham County, VA, USA | |||
Buried |
Kendrick Cemetery Rosedale Russell County, VA | Re-Inetrred Kendrick Cemetery Rosedale Russell County, Virginia |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 549 WWII Monument web site / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia