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Military
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer and Top T. & Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
"Sgt. Lutes Gets Oak Leaf Cluster"
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Pilot Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith, and his co-pilot Lt. John R. Mason, along with the rest of their 835th Bomb. Squadron crew, flew missions from their base of operations in R.A.F. Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, into enemy occupied Europe.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Brunswick. Shot down flak went down 2km west of Salzdahlum, four chutes seen, one on fire 8-May-44. 3 x POW, 7 x KIA. MACR 4590.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-M] Sudbury 11/7/44; 833BS [2N-N]; `83m` Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
During a strike of Germany industry at Köln (Cologne), Honeychile suffered engine problems. These failures forced LT Olson (Pilot) to leave formation and make for England. The crew had to eventually bail out, and the autopilot landed the aircraft near...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-N] Sudbury 17/7/44; 5m crashed on take off for Cologne 15/10/44 with Clarry Herman, Co-pilot: Bob Etter, Navigator: Bill Annan, Bombardier: Vernon Mierhenry, Flight...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 492BG, 8AF USAAF.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
41-29505 Assigned to 486th bomb group 835th bomb squadron (21 combat missions) then transferred to 492nd bomb group 857th bomb squadron, 8thAAF, England. A/C lost with Charles Edwards crew, 6-Feb-45 Lyon, France, attempting an emergency landing on...
B-24 Liberator
The crew of "Pandora's Box" was flying this loaner aircraft on July 4th, 1944. The aircraft was badly damaged, and the pilot (LT Pearson) and co-pilot (LT Orlasky) were badly injured by flak over their target (an airfield in France). The navigator and...
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
7 May 1944
11 May 1944
20 May 1944
23 May 1944
25 May 1944
First mission. Up at 5:00 AM and back at 11:00. Good hit on marshaling yards. Our plane was hit but no-one in our crew was hit.
27 May 1944
30 May 1944
Mission #3. Same target as before. A piece of flak broke the pilots windshield. No-one hurt.
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
7 June 1944
11 June 1944
Flew a sortie flight to the French Coast at 24,000 feet. 8th Combat Flight. No flak.
Military site : airfield
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack...
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| 17 November 2021 17:28:52 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to person associations |
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See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 November 2021 17:26:50 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to person associations |
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See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 November 2021 17:20:38 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to biography |
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See the 'Crew and Mission Info' for Lt. George 'Hunter' D. Smith's 835th Bomb. Squadron crew at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| 17 November 2021 16:30:45 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to media associations |
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For a list of Lt. George 'Hunter' Smith's crew, and a full list of aircraft flown in, and the specific 1944 missions that Tech. Sgt. Lutes participated in, and then compare these missions to the details in the above 'Mission Log' list, see the 'Mission Info' also on the 486th web page, but at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| 22 October 2021 18:02:27 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to mission associations |
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See the official web page of the 486th Bomb. Group at: https://486th.org/# , and specifically G.Smith's bomber crew and mission log page: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm , and the complete missions of the 486th Bomb. Group and its four squadrons at: https://486th.org/Mssn/Prologue.htm |
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| 17 October 2021 17:22:18 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to media associations |
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This information from the official web page of the 486th Bomb. Group, and specifically, the crew and mission page of Lt. G. Smith of the 835th Bomb. Sq. at: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 October 2021 17:09:34 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to place associations and aircraft associations |
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This information from the official web page of the 486th Bomb. Group, and specifically, the crew and mission page of Lt. G. Smith of the 835th Bomb. Sq. at: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 July 2021 11:06:42 | Emily | Changes to middlename, suffix and role |
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Removed crew name from suffix, and aircraft type from job |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 April 2021 21:40:25 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to middlename and highest rank |
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See the official web page of the 835th Bombardment Squadron, and specifically, the 'Assigned Aircrews' list, then look for 'G. Smith's Crew,' at this link: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| 04 April 2021 21:33:05 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to suffix and role |
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See the official web page of the 835th Bombardment Squadron, and specifically, the 'Assigned Aircrews' list, then look for 'G. Smith's Crew,' at this link: https://486th.org/BS835/SmithG.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 March 2021 17:24:11 | hansvonmaltzahn | Changes to highest rank, role, person associations and unit associations |
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Melvin L. Kirkpatrick's information can be found on the official web page of the '486th Bomb Group Association' (https://486th.org/#), on the 'Assigned Aircrews' page, and specifically under 'G. Smith's Crew.' |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster |
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