Michael Hayes Smithwick
Military
Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate (FG), TSgt. Arthur E. Brittain (RO), SSgt. Win R. Smalley (BT)
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Gordon K. Stallings (OBS/TG), Capt. Richard T. Carrington Jr. (AC/CP), Capt. Michael H. Smithwick (B), Capt. Raymond P. Ketelsen (P), 1st Lt. Robin Everett Taber (N)
384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection.
Object Number - UPL 45632 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 July 1943/Kiel. Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate...
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 42-3231 'The Inferno'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
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Missions
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
London, United Kingdom | 10 January 1921 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Erfstadt, Germany | 12 August 1943 | |
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Other POW |
Moosburg, Germany | 15 August 1943 | Stalag 7A (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
Los Angeles, CA | 6 March 1977 | |
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Buried |
Palm Springs, CA | 9 March 1977 | Welwood Murray Cemetery Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 287;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3770
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…