Edmond Howard Smith
Military
Rear L-R: Lloyd H Hughes, Ronald L Helder, Sidney a Pear, John A McLoughlin.
Front L-R: Joseph E Mix, Louis N Kase, Edmond H Smith, William H Avis, Malcolm C Dalton, Thomas A Hoff.
Object Number - UPL 52025 - Crew of Ole Kickapoo. Rear L-R: Lloyd H Hughes, Ronald L Helder, Sidney a Pear, John A McLoughlin. Front L-R: Joseph E Mix, Louis N Kase,...
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40753 'Ole Kickapoo' 1-Aug-43; A/C downed by flak and subsequent fire. One of two survivors from the crash. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 157
Awards: DSC, AM (OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-666292
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA | 22 January 1919 | Son of Walter Edward and Minnie Mae [Neill] Smith. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Romania |
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Other Force landed POW |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40753 'Ole Kickapoo' 1-Aug-43; A/C downed by flak and subsequent fire. POW MACR 157 |
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Died |
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA | 18 March 1988 | |
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Buried |
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL | 21 March 1988 | Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added S/N per info at National Archives for WW2 POWs. Added events (Born, Died & Burial) & middle name from info on Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 63825314.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 157
