Ray Smith
MilitaryAssigned to 344BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Had mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123 Evaded (EVD) MACR 5915
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19034227 / O-755722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: To Hell or Glory
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Evaded |
Outer, Belgium | 23 June 1944 | Had mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123 Evaded (EVD) MACR 5915 |
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Other |
Denver, Colorado, USA | NoK Sister Anne Gonzales, residing Denver, Colorado. | |
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Based |
Assigned to 344BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Corrected place where B-17 42-38123 crashed from Maubeuge, France to Outer, Belgium.
Source: Dirk VIJVERMAN and http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-b-17g-42-381…
I am the nephew of Lt. Daniel J. Mangan, pilot KIA on "To Hell or Glory." I have interviewed surviving members of the crew and they called Ray Smith "Red". This is according to Radio Operator, Dick Ennis, and Right Waist Gunner Henry "Dutch" Schultz (still living as of this writing)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database