James S Smidy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 23158
Crew photo.
Back row:
Walter Bookamer, Keith Wann, Leo Van Vorst, Joseph Skledar, James Smidy and Thomas Loughlin.
Front row:
Robert Nystrom, Charles Wilson, Harold Turpin and Theodore Conway.
Each member has signed the photo.
Back row:
Walter Bookamer, Keith Wann, Leo Van Vorst, Joseph Skledar, James Smidy and Thomas Loughlin.
Front row:
Robert Nystrom, Charles Wilson, Harold Turpin and Theodore Conway.
Each member has signed the photo.
Shared with the museum by Bob Nystrom's relative, Don Uelmen.
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Genthin in B-24 #4129004
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
English Channel | 27 June 1944 | |
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 6728 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6728