Theodore B Smith

Military

Assigned 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

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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

Born

Based

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