Beman E Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 26-Feb-43 in B-17F 42-5362 'Short Snorter II' [LL:F], 91BG/401BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into North Sea near Frisian Island.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Short Snorter II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | COmmemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 26 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the NorthSea near Frisian Island. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added desoration and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; crafted Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 15712.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15712 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database