Harvey C Smetzer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-55987.jpeg UPL 55987 Douglas McAusland Crew - 849th BS, 490th BG
Back Row (L to R): William J. Bogan, Navigator; Jerome B. Neal, Copilot; Francis W. Kemp, Radio Operator; Douglas G. McAusland, pilot.
Front Row (L to R): Harvey C. Smetzer, Ball Turret; William H. Murphy, Nose Turret; Anthony Tesoriere, Tail Turret; Marvin E. Hild, Engineer; James K. Convery Top Turret.

490th Bomb Group FB page

Object Number - UPL 55987 - Douglas McAusland Crew - 849th BS, 490th BG Back Row (L to R): William J. Bogan, Navigator; Jerome B. Neal, Copilot; Francis W. Kemp, Radio...

Shot down 6 June 1944 in B-24 #4294885. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.

Killed in Action (KIA) 5 January 1945.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-94885

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Maxwell House
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group

43-38050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

5 January 1945

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6299

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Object number: UPL 55987 - Douglas McAusland Crew - 849th BS, 490th BG Back...