Irvin W Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

BTG, Pry crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30009 'Feather Merchant'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1397. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft took multiple hits to the underside by 20mm cannon fire, flak and possibly a rocket. The ball turret may have been jammed. S/Sgt Smith was known to wear his parachute inside the ball turret. It is unknown if he bailed out of the aircraft. Only one body was found inside the aircraft by the Germans. It possibly was S/Sgt Johnson (LWG) whose parachute opened inside the aircraft and was observed to freeze about bailing out.

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Edward R LaPointe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31143808
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Jack Straessley Pry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-525074
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Cecil W Quinley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743087
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Theodore F Snyder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739123
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 4 June 1941

Died

8 October 1943

Buried

Lime Ridge, WI, USA 9 October 1943 Originally interned in the Memorial Cemetery at Diepholz, Germany. Grave 1.

Born

Wisconsin, USA
Sauk County, WI, USA

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NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30879831/irvin-w-smith#

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Added Irvin W Smith to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum.
MACR 1397 https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28699418

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx