Castleton Doll Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x combat missions. Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned. Whilst interned suffered abdominal problems necessitating surgery, died from complications of surgery. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680173
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Louis, MO | 17 July 1915 | Son of Caroline Smith. |
Enlisted |
St Louis, MO | 31 March 1942 | St Louis, Missouri |
Other Interned |
Davos, Switzerland | 18 March 1944 - 20 July 1944 | Interned, Davos, Switzerland. |
Died |
Davos, Switzerland | 20 July 1944 | Died from complications of abdominal surgery. |
Buried |
Munsingen, Switzerland | 21 July 1944 | Interred Munsigen, Switzerland |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO, | 25 January 1949 | Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Seething | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database