Albert Edwin Smith

Military

Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Left waist gunner. Bob Rogers crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 18-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6275; #4 on fire, crashed Adriatic Sea. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 7683.

 

Failed to Return (FTR) Moravska Ostrova 29-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6359; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Ziln, Czech; MACR 8083. Prisoner of War (POW)


Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

20th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

2nd Bomb Group

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

People

William Cobb Bullock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 14137158 / O-813654
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Hayne Rogers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O1695545
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6275

44-6275

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

44-6359

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, Ohio 15 October 1924 BornColumbus, Ohio

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany 29 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Died

20 March 2009

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, California, 23 March 2009 InterredRiverside National CemeteryRiverside, California,

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/681586001

https://www.fold3.com/image/29407368/44-6275-page-2-us-missing-air-crew-reports-macrs-wwii-1942-1947

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143844638?objectPage=1045

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58092974/albert-edwin-smith