Robert D Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48882.jpeg UPL 48882 2Lt Robert D Smith
ASN: O/774334
84FTR Sq 78 FTR GP
Entered the service from California
Air Medal, Purple Heart
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/smith%3Drobert-107

Object Number - UPL 48882 - 2Lt Robert D Smith ASN: O/774334 84FTR Sq 78 FTR GP Entered the service from California Air Medal, Purple...

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort in P-47D 43-25305 7-Oct-44; Strafing trains in vicinity of Steinhuder Lake, pulled up too late and 'mashed' into woods beyond. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9260



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 miles NW Neustadt am Rubenberget, Germany 7 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort in P-47D 43-25305 7-Oct-44; Strafing trains in vicinity of Steinhuder Lake, pulled up too late and 'mashed' into woods beyond. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9260

Buried

Neustadt am Rubenberge cemetery 10 October 1944 Interred Neustadt am Rubenberge cemetery

Born

Boise, Idaho, USA

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 31 Grave 11
Arcadia, CA Son of Hazel L Smith.

Based

Duxford 7 October 1944 Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 9260 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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