Oaks Hopkins Smith
Military ROLL OF HONOURAircraft is B-17F Satan's Workshop.
See Morgan series B-17, (c) c. 1965.
Morgan Aero series (c) c. 1965 ( red cover)
Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5260 'Yardbird II'. Plane crashed into North Sea, Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yardbird II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Reidville, North Carolina, USA | 16 June 1921 | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 2 October 1943 | |
Buried |
Listed on the "Wall of Missing" – No Grave |
Revisions
Updated Born event and middle name and added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56296140.
Updated Role/job per MACR 738 at Fold3.com. Source: : https://www.fold3.com/image/28604096
Added S/N per MACR 738 at Fold3.com. Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28604096
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 738 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database