Elmer Leroy Smith
Military
1 December 1943, shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Solingen, Germany; MACR 1336
Object Number - UPL 20042 - 42-29768 SO-Z, Winsome Winn II crash scene. 1 December 1943, shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Solingen, Germany; MACR 1336
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29768 'Winsome Winn II. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1336.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Winsome Winn II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Born |
Tacoma, Washington, USA | ||
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Other Asssigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, Darwin George Nelson Crew. Three combat missions. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1336 / MACR 1336, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
