Richard E Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: 1Lt Richard E Smith, 2Lt John E Schilling, 2Lt Harry G Hopple, 2Lt Louis Metz.
Middle L-R: S/Sgt Alexander R Sokol, S/Sgt Walter J Norton Jr, S/Sgt Worth W Heaslet, S/Sgt Paul J Bertsch.
Front: T/Sgt Warren J Wooten.
USAAF Photo.
Object Number - UPL 50258 - Richard E Smith crew, 392BG. Rear L-R: 1Lt Richard E Smith, 2Lt John E Schilling, 2Lt Harry G Hopple, 2Lt Louis Metz. Middle L-R: S/Sgt...
Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Last seen on take-off and most likely crashed into the North Sea on a mission to Oranienburg, Germany on 3-Mar-44 in B-24 42-7491 'Pregnant Peg II'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2800
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35402908
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36517558
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18162692
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33010417 / O-690569
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075212 / O-682218
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pregnant Peg
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 16 April 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died |
North Sea | 3 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Oranienburg, Germany on 3-Mar-44 in B-24 42-7491 'Pregnant Peg II'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2800 |
|
Born |
Salt Lake City , Utah, USA | Son of George J Smith. | |
|
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wendling | 3 March 1944 | Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763706
https://www.fold3.com/record/84968356/richard-e-smith-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529902335/richard-e-smith-american-battle-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717745857/smith-richard-e-defense-powmia-a…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294480/richard-e.-smith
ABMC, MACR 2800, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2800 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database