Franklin E Smith
Military
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UPL 7110
Crew #642
Gerald L. Behrens Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I (784th BS)
Standing Left to Right: Gerald Behrens (P), unknown (CP), Michael Cambon (N), Franklin Smith (B)
Kneeling Left to RightL Walter G. Frederick (NG), Walter C. Kamanski (BTG), James T. Moser (FE), Patrick J. Connolly (R/O), Homer Mellas (TG), Lewis Mixner (WG)
This crew flew it's first 10 missions as the James Ritter Crew. Behrens, the original co-pilot took over from there and it became the Gerald Behrens Crew with a replacelment co-pilot. The crew completed a 30 mission tour. 466th Bomb Group collection
Gerald L. Behrens Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I (784th BS)
Standing Left to Right: Gerald Behrens (P), unknown (CP), Michael Cambon (N), Franklin Smith (B)
Kneeling Left to RightL Walter G. Frederick (NG), Walter C. Kamanski (BTG), James T. Moser (FE), Patrick J. Connolly (R/O), Homer Mellas (TG), Lewis Mixner (WG)
This crew flew it's first 10 missions as the James Ritter Crew. Behrens, the original co-pilot took over from there and it became the Gerald Behrens Crew with a replacelment co-pilot. The crew completed a 30 mission tour. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving in with USAAF in WW2, 45th Infantry in Korea, Oklahoma National Guard and assigned to 1st Army at Fort George Meade during the Viet Nam War. Worked as a teacher in Oklahoma and Maryland when not on active duty
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-767974
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693067
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Enid, OK, USA | 5 December 1921 | Born |
Died |
15 August 1975 | Died in Odenton, Maryland | |
Buried |
Enid Cemetery |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 351