Othello Dale Smith
Military
Object Number - UPL 45393 - 1LT Othello Dale Smith Pilot 388th BG - 562nd BS
Connections
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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: Jamaica Ginger
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven's Above
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 11 April 1945
- Date: 6 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 30 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Kansas City, MO | 21 July 1924 | |
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Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 - 16 April 1945 | |
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Died |
10 May 1994 | ||
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Buried |
Kansas City, MO | 14 May 1994 | Floral Hills Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA |
| Shawnee Mission, KS | |||
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Other MD & Professor |
Lawrence, KS | University of Kansas Medical School Pathology Dept |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
