Kenneth Boyd Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 53311 - 2nd Lt Kenneth B Smith, 4FG.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Collided with Lt Donald J Pierini shortly after takeoff in P-51B 42-106673, crashed 3 miles west of Chipping Ongar. 7-Jun-44. Killed in Flying Accident KIFA.
Awards: SS, AM (OLC), PH, EMEA.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054472 / T-061712 / O-886592
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Hey Rube
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Curwensville, PA | 6 March 1919 | Son of Boyd William and Helen Blandine [Kramer] Smith. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 17 April 1944 - 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chipping Ongar, Ongar, Essex CM5, UK | 7 June 1944 | Collided with Lt Donald J Pierini shortly after takeoff in P-51B 42-106673, crashed 3 miles west of Chipping Ongar. 7-Jun-44. KIFA. |
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Buried |
Watsontown Cemetery Watsontown Northumberland County PA | 21 July 1948 | Re-Interred Watsontown Cemetery Watsontown Northumberland County Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_sm...;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_sm...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Smith&GSfn=Kenneth...
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
