Blythe Robert Smyth

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38878.jpeg UPL 38878 Roanoke Times Newspaper Jan 1945

Roanoke Times Newspaper

Object Number - UPL 38878 - Roanoke Times Newspaper Jan 1945

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

A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'
  • 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

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52650) nicknamed "Cancer ?" of the 486th Bomb Group. The nose art was painted by the artist Phillip S Brinkman.
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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