Harold A Smith Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15063.jpeg
UPL 15063
Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.
Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.
Killed in mid air collision over base after returning from mission
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little King
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 |
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
446th unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia