Robert E Smith
Military
Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette, Bombardier; John W Barkley, Jr, Navigator; George S Hunt, Tail Gunner/Observer (Co-Pilot); William M Price, Iii, Pilot; Maj. Carl Liles, Air Commander.
Kneeling, L-To-R: Billy J Jackson, Ball Turret; James C Leigh, Flexible Gunner; Robert E Smith, Radio; Donald W Dailey, Flexible Gunner; Earl R Beaty, Engineer.
Object Number - UPL 67136 - 384Th Bomb Group Lead Crews (Wing Lead)/6 February 1944, Nancy, France - Essey Aerodrome (Airfield). Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette,...
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29699 'Fi Fi' or 'Old Battle Axe'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned.
14 October 1943 on return from Schweinfurt mission, with B-17 #42-3037 'Windy City Avenger' abandoned near Corby. Crew returned.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fifi | Old Battle Axe
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Windy City Avenger (sic)
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Duplicate record deleted - was in the name of 'R E Smith' from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285, 341 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
