Homer C Smith
MilitaryAssigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. While up on a local OTU flight crashed NW of Cambridge near Warrier’s Farm in Somersham and was killed instantly. 8-Apr-45. KIFA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 24 March 1945 - 8 April 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Somersham, Cambridgeshire, UK | 8 April 1945 | While up on a local OTU flight crashed NW of Cambridge near Warrier’s Farm in Somersham and was killed instantly. 8-Apr-45. KIFA. |
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Born |
Tennessee, USA | ||
| Memphis, TN, USA | |||
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Buried |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html