Marion L Smith
MilitaryFlew 10 combat missions. 1st mission was to Cottbus, 15 February, 45. Next flight to Kiel saw 8 straight days of combat. Last flight was Karlsbad 19 April, 45. Deopham Green's last flight was 21 April, 45. Presidential Citations were awarded for Kaltenkirchen mission.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: E-Rat-Icator
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Richter's Wreckers
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweet Stuff
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
![Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378760.jpg.webp?itok=TJkJfBbS)
- Date: 19 April 1945
- Date: 11 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 8 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in source from pre-existing record: 1999 Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia