Robert M Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40071.
Killed in Action (KIA). October 1, 1943, when the crew was TDY to the 9th AAC, on a mission to Weiner Neustadt, B-24 41-23816 'Black Jack' was attacked by flak in the bomb bay shortly after leaving target area. A/c peeled off while quickly losing altitude as fire developed. Broke in two and crashed in target area. 5 Killed in Action (KIA) and 5 Prisoner of War (POW). .
DFC, AM with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
1 October 1943 | ||
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Revisions
44th MACR 3312, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p. 135, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 298 with picture of the plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia