Cecil B Smith Jr

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed near Berlin-Spandau on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24J 42-109832 'De-Icer'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-109832

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: De-Icer
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 March 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde).

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added S/N & POW camp info from records of POWs at the National Archives.

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Corrected last name from "Jr" to "Smith".

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 2957;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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MACR 2957 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database