Harry Alben Smith Jr
Military
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UPL 38451
"A group of Boeing B-17 flying fortress Co-pilots, ready to take off on a bombing operation in support of the ground forces fighting in France, pause for a moment to hear the latest news from the beachhead. Thus far, the airmen, because of thick clouds, have seen nothing of the fighting despite their constant bombing journeys over the battle lines."
L- R: 2Lts Joseph C Hainzen, Dillinger, PA; Victor Romasco, Uxbridge, MA; Donald Soale, Dayton, OH; Harry A Smith, Mt Pocono, PA; and Robert A Douglas, Kansas City, KS.
L- R: 2Lts Joseph C Hainzen, Dillinger, PA; Victor Romasco, Uxbridge, MA; Donald Soale, Dayton, OH; Harry A Smith, Mt Pocono, PA; and Robert A Douglas, Kansas City, KS.
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. MACR witness to demise of 42-102585.
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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
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mt Pocono, PA | Son of Harry Alben Snr and Edna Martha [Warner] Smith. | |
Based |
Ridgewell | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Died |
Cedaredge, CO | ||
Buried |
Cedaredge Cemetery, Cedaredge, Delta County, CO | Cedaredge Cemetery Cedaredge, Delta County, CO |
Revisions
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia