Harry G Smith

Military

media-51281.jpeg UPL 51281 Broad Minded (44-8429 LL G) Bateman Crew, 401st BS, 91st BS
BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT:
2nd Lt. Chester Budo, Navigator (Berkeley, CA); 2nd Lt. Frank Nelson, Co-pilot (CA); 1st Lt. William Bateman, Pilot (Providence, RI); M/Sgt. Clifford Pierce, Ground Crew Chief (Kodak, TN); Sgt. Harry Smith, Asst. Crew Chief (Lahoma, OK).
FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT:
S/Sgt. Paul O. Kennedy, Ball Turret Gunner & Asst. Armorer (Turley, OK); T/Sgt. Harold Goldfarb, Top Turret Gunner & Engineer (Bronx, NY); S/Sgt. Joseph E. Hutton, Tail Gunner & Asst. Radio Operator (Oxford, MS); T/Sgt. Joseph Colin Dawson, Radio Operator & Right Waist Gunner (Pawtucket, RI); S/Sgt. John F. Burchard, Waist Gunner (Cleveland, OH); T/Sgt. A.D. Palmer, Togglier (Stephenville, TX).

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Object Number - UPL 51281 - Broad Minded (44-8429 LL G) Bateman Crew, 401st BS, 91st BS BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: 2nd Lt. Chester Budo, Navigator (Berkeley, CA); 2nd Lt....

Harry G. Smith enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp in September 1941. He served in the 8th Air Force 91st Bomb Group, stationed in England from 1942 to 1945 as a ground crew chief. He was honorably discharged in September 1945 with the rank of Sergeant. On May 24, 1947, he married Mary Edna Dougherty in Enid. His life's work was building and maintaining aircraft, first at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas from 1948 – 1959, and then Vance Air Force Base from 1959 – 1985.