Warren T Smith
Military
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Object Number - UPL 46434 - 1st Lt Warren T Smith, 323BS, 91BG
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501, A/C crashed near Pulheim, Germany, wounded but baled out. 6-Jan-45 Died of Wounds following day. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11568
Awards: AM, PH, 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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760975
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Round Trip Topsy
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jeanie
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | 8 August 1919 | Son of George Roy and Faye T [Thurston] Smith. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Meade, SD | 16 October 1942 | Fort Meade, South Dakota |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Pulheim, Germany | 7 January 1945 | Shot down Cologne. Died of Wounds, Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery Rapid City, Pennington County, SD | Re-Interred Mountain View Cemetery Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota | |
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Other Flight training |
Sioux City AAB, Iowa | Pilot training Sioux City, Iowa | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 6 January 1945 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
