Raymond Elmer Smart Jr
Military
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Massachusetts State College Yearbook "Index" (1939) - Raymond Elmer Smart, Jr.
Raymond Elmer Smart, Jr.
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Assigned to 389FS, 366FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Koln in P-47 44-20540; shot down by flak over target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12641
Awards: AM (6OLC), Croix de Guerre, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 366th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Longmeadow, MA | 4 June 1918 | Son of Raymond Elmer Sr and Christine Ella [Bolter] Smart. |
Died |
Grevenbroich, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Koln; shot down by flak over target. KIA MACR 12641 |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot N Row 21 Grave 13 |
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Sources
Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) Number 12641
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