Othello Smith
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
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Chester Peter Hewitt
Military
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2LT Chester P. Hewitt Navigator Othello D. Smith Crew 388th BG - 561st/562nd BG
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Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan on bottom row, far right- on the end) This is the Othello Dale Smith Crew Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW.
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Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW.
Service
People
Units served with
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388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
561st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-97210 Jamaica Ginger
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 9/3/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 22/3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
42-97238 'Our Captain'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Presque Is 22/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-I] Ridgewell 6/4/44; Missing in Action 3m Kerlin-Bastard, Fr 8/6/44 with John Martyniak, Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Navigator: Jim Manion, Bombardier: Ray Stewart,... -
43-38965
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/11/44; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall 3/11/44; ct fire en route Nurnberg 21/2/45 with ?; crash landed Belgium; 9RTD; Salvaged 5/3/45. OH KAY. -
44-6582
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 13/8/44; Grenier 26/7/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 28/9/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 21/1/45 with Winfred Lenocker, Dick Jackson, Don Blair, Stan Roof, Lou Rotella, Bob Roth, Clayton McClelland, Jack Putnam, Heine Reiser (9... -
44-6803
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 16/11/44; Dow Fd 28/11/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 4/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. -
44-8234
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 17/7/44; Hunter 18/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 20/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45. -
44-8251
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Hunter 25/8/44; Grenier 16/9/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 19/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. -
44-8540 Round Trip
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/44; Hunter 1/11/44; with Paul Quinn force landed Dow Fd 18/11/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-W] Snetterton 22/1/45; transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall /45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
44-8742
18 Expeditor
Delivered Hunter 13/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 5/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.
Missions
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715
16 November 1944
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729
29 November 1944
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745
10 December 1944
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746
11 December 1944
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748
12 December 1944
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750
15 December 1944
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8th Air Force 760
24 December 1944
1. Decision. ... -
766
28 December 1944
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770
30 December 1944
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772
31 December 1944
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York, NY | 4 November 1923 |
| Lived in | Lawrence, NY | 30 June 1942 |
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241 Rockaway Turnpike |
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| Enlisted | New York, NY | 18 March 1943 |
| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 – 16 April 1945 |
| Died | 15 December 1980 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 October 2020 00:45:52 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-HEW03-0... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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