Autley Bernard Smith
Military
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UPL 21541
Standing left to right : -
Alfred M Sanders -Pilot - Louisiana, Daniel M O'Connell - Bombadier - Maryland, Thomas Zobelein - Navigator - New York
Fred A Morley - Co-Pilot - Illinois,
Kneeling : - James R Sizemore - Turret Gunner - West Virginia, Autley B Smith - Nose Gunner - Mississippi, William Kozulak - Upper Gunner - New York, Louie Lujan - Waist Gunner - California, John H Lawrence - Radio Operator - Alabama, Robert C Swaffield - Tail Gunner - Ohio
Alfred M Sanders -Pilot - Louisiana, Daniel M O'Connell - Bombadier - Maryland, Thomas Zobelein - Navigator - New York
Fred A Morley - Co-Pilot - Illinois,
Kneeling : - James R Sizemore - Turret Gunner - West Virginia, Autley B Smith - Nose Gunner - Mississippi, William Kozulak - Upper Gunner - New York, Louie Lujan - Waist Gunner - California, John H Lawrence - Radio Operator - Alabama, Robert C Swaffield - Tail Gunner - Ohio
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Fellow Louisiana State University Alumni, influential in the naming of Lt Alfred Sanders B-24. Only flew 5 missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Evaded. Lived with Belgian Underground from May till September 1944.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Stone County, MS | 13 December 1921 | Son of Crawford R and Josephine [Dedeaux] Smith. |
Other Evaded EVD |
Belgium | 28 May 1944 | Evaded. Lived with Belgian Underground from May till September 1944. |
Other Shot down / baled out |
06567 Bad Frankenhausen, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' |
Died |
West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA | 8 February 2018 | |
Buried |
Hasley Cemetery West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA | 11 February 2018 | Hasley Cemetery West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana |
Perkinston, Mississippi, USA | |||
Based |
Sudbury | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database