Jay B Smith
MilitaryAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Butzbach, Germany. Hit by flak, both engines ablaze, attempted forced landing, whilst straightening out to alight wing dug in and A/C seen to explode. 22-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12680.
Awards: DFC, SS, AM(11 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16056605 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20314397 / O-411064
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077939
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Jay Hawk
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sedgwick County, KS, USA | 18 March 1918 | Son of Oren and Alpha J Smith. |
Enlisted |
Wichita, KS, USA | 27 December 1940 | |
Died |
Butzbach, Germany | 22 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Butzbach, Germany. Hit by flak, both engines ablaze, attempted forced landing, whilst straightening out to alight wing dug in and A/C seen to explode. 22-Feb-45 KIA. MACR 12680. |
Buried |
Butzbach, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Interred Butzbach Cemetery |
Kansas, USA | |||
Based |
Andrews Field | 22 February 1945 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Buried |
Sedgwick, KS 67135, USA | Memorialised Hillside Cemetery Sedgwick Harvey County Kansas, USA |