Theodore B Smith
MilitaryAssigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Command pilot flight over Germany in Mosquito NS-635 , carrying Col. Troy Crawford of the 446th BG. As the Mosquito moved in close, was shot down when mistaken for enemy A/C by B-24 gunners. Formation had shortly been under attack by 8-15 Me262 jets. 4-Apr-45. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13948
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-272074
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 4 April 0145 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Baled out POW |
Parchim, Germany | 4 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim 4-Apr-45; shot down by friendly fire. POW. MACR 13948 |
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Watton | Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit History; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 12, 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia