Jack Daniel Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 42112 - Sgt Jack D Smith 705th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. Baled out, chute not observed to have opened. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13537
Awards: AM (OLC), GC, 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: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16030395 / O-2059149
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Multnomah County, OR | 31 December 1924 | Son of Grace P Smith. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 17 January 1944 | Portland, Oregon |
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Died |
Wesel, Germany | 25 March 1945 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. Baled out, chute not observed to have opened. KIA MACR 13537 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 24 March 1945 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Riverside, Riverside County, CA | Re-Interred Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum Riverside, Riverside County, California |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
