William Evans Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Offenbach mission in B-17 42-97630 5-Nov-44; Fatally wounded by flak, died of wounds. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Peg O My heart, Geraldine
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Middlesboro, KY | 14 October 1916 | Son of Frontis Hood Smith. |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 24 December 1943 | Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia |
Died |
Offenbach, Germany | 5 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Offenbach mission in B-17 42-97630 5-Nov-44; Fatally wounded by flak, died of wounds. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 6 November 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 5 Grave 33 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 5 November 1944 | Assigned 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, GA | Memorialised Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia | |
Atlanta, GA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 174.