Emil Smetana

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52632.jpeg UPL 52632 2nd Lt Emil Smetana, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52632 - 2nd Lt Emil Smetana, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2876





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Ronald R Rohner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803692
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30855

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Massa
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-31467

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sac Hound
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-37856

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 1 May 1921 Son of Anna Kuchka.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 2 December 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

38154 Beienrode, Germany 30 January 1944 Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2876

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot M Row 17 Grave 16

Based

Deenethorpe 30 January 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1177
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303968/emil-smetana

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2276, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

https://www.abmc.gov/node/532963#.V9YGRWcm4qQ

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1177
https://www.abmc.gov/node/532963#.V9YGRWcm4qQ

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 2276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Emil Smetana: Gallery (3 items)

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Object number: UPL 52632 - 2nd Lt Emil Smetana, 401BG.

Object number: UPL 52633 - 2nd Lt Emil Smetana, 401BG.