Webb Morrow Smathers Sr

Military

35 missions over Europe including the battles of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Canton, North Carolina 13 October 1923

Died

Canton, NC 28716, USA 25 November 2015 passed away at Silver Bluff Village

Revisions

Date
ContributorKD4ITI
Changes
Sources

Dave Wentzel
Carolinas Aviation Museum

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44/self / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia