Jack E Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34616.jpeg UPL 34616 T/Sgt Jack E. Smith, Sergent Smith(Air Corps) United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving radio Operator of a B-24 Heavy Bomber in the 566th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group (H), NINTH Air Force (Attached), while participating in a bombing mission on 1 August 1943, against the Ploesti Oil Refineries in Rumania. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Sergent Smith on this occasion, at the cost of his life, exemplified the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces...

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Killed in Action (KIA) while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Sand-witch' 42-40735.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40735

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Sand Witch
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Killed in action

1 August 1943

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 156

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