Roy Quinn Smith
Military1-May-42 assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24610 [GN-T] "Joe BTFSPLK" at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 25-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Joe BTFSPLK".
Mission Participation (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS. |
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Other Mission #1, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Roeun, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #5, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #6, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #7, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #8, SSGT Roy Q. Smith, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "Joe BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France, RTB OK. |
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Died |
30 December 2000 |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added several spaces to events and in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Correcting typo in Summary Biography.
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Donald E. Stockton crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-stockton.html
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Donald E. Stockton crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-stockton.html
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2016. Added Initial assignment to Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Missions through 23-Jan-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Donald E. Stockton crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-stockton.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Hell's Angels Newsletter May 2001,