Elmer Leon Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32456949
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11085076
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16084794
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina | 28 December 1916 | |
Enlisted |
12 November 1941 | Ft Bragg, North Carolina | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 15 September 1943 | in the crash of B-17 # 42-3437, near St Germain-en-Laye, France |
Ayden, North Carolina | |||
Buried |
Initially buried near the crash location, France | ||
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | after the war his remains were transferred to Epinal, where he rests at Plot B, Row 42, Grave 8 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726 / MACR 726; Snetterton Falcons, pg 52 and 59 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database