Abraham Clifford Smith

Military
media-16249.jpeg UPL 16249 LT Abraham Clifford Smith
Co-Pilot - Crew #743
Niles W. Hartung Crew

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16249 - LT Abraham Clifford Smith Co-Pilot - Crew #743 Niles W. Hartung Crew

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Niles W Hartung

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699816
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50448

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Earthquake McGoon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95067) nicknamed "Trouble Maker" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '466 BG, Trouble Maker, 42-95067 D 27, 110 Msns. 787th A936E.'

42-95067

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Troublemaker
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Idaho Falls, ID, USA 29 August 1921

Died

Rigby, ID 83442, USA 16 February 2001 Clifford Smith died on Friday, February 16, 2001, of a heart attack at his home in Rigby. He was 79. By any measure, Clif was a good and decent man who left the planet a better place. He was the son of Rigby pioneers A.P. and Lucinda Smith. He won numerous decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross as a B-24 bomber pilot while flying 43 missions over Germany. While training for the service at the Air Force Academy, he was selected cadet colonel. For 35 years, he owned and operated Smith Hardware in downtown Rigby. Clif was a dedicated police officer, investigator, instructor and a professional photographer. He was active in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a convert to the Mormon Church. He loved to take things apart and put them back together, and they worked. He loved his riding lawn mower and was an avid golfer. Most of all, he was devoted to his wife, Rhea, and was the best friend of his daughter, Karyn.

Buried

Annis, ID 83442, USA 20 February 2001 Little Butte Cemetery Annis Jefferson County Idaho, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Wall of Valor form

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