42-7915
P-47D-1-RE 42-7915 was assigned to the 4th FG/335FS at Debden, UK. On 8-Oct-43 the aircraft, piloted by F/O Clyde D. Smith, was flown to the airfield at Shipdham to serve as a forward operating base for the despatch of the unit to escort B-17s attacking at Bremen, Germany. F/O Smith was shot down by German fighters. He managed to bale out of the doomed aircraft before it crashed at Nijveen, Holland and he was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) 1POW MACR 857.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190572
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return |
7948 Nijeveen, Netherlands | 8 October 1943 | Shot down by enemy aircraft on a mission escorting bombers attacking Bremen, Germany. Crashed at Nijeveen, Holland |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 3-Jul-2015. Made connection to Squadron, Place(s); and Mission within existing website data; Added FTR event per MACR 857 & 937; Added Description based on "The Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey. MBE.
MACR 857 & 937 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database