Clyde D Smith

Military

On 8-Oct-43 F/O Clyde D. Smith 4FG/334FS was shot down by enemy fighters in P-47D 42-7915 while on a mission to escort B-17s attacking at Bremen, Germany. His aircraft was attcked by German fighters over Holland. He was able to bale out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) Held at Stalag Luft 2B, Hammerstein, West Prussia.

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Units served with

334th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-7915

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Missions

VIII Fighter Command FO-151 BOMBER ESCORT

Date: 8 October 1943

Places

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Shipdham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Pathway

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Hammerstein, Germany	8 October 1943 - 21 June 1945	Held at Stalag 2B, Hammerstein, West Prussia, Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jul-45.
Born	Centerville, Utah, USA
Other Promoted

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hammerstein, Germany

8 October 1943 - 21 June 1945

Held at Stalag 2B, Hammerstein, West Prussia, Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jul-45.

Born

Centerville, Utah, USA

Other

Promoted

Revisions

Date3 Jul 2015 19:04:31

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

ee Cunningham 3-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.; Confirmed SN from MACR 857; Added Summary biography based on "The Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:34

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 857 & 937 / MACR 857/937` / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list