William Stanly Smith
Military
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UPL 7423
1LT William S. Smith
Co-Pilot
Crew #608 - Milton E. Hinman Crew 466th Bomb Group collection
Co-Pilot
Crew #608 - Milton E. Hinman Crew 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-544515
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-609503
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wild-Pussy/Sully's Saloon
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Laden Maid
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Antonio, TX | 20 October 1919 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
RAF Attlebridge | 28 March 1944 - 6 August 1944 | Completed a 33 mission tour |
Died |
San Antonio, TX | 9 April 1982 | |
Buried |
Leakey, TX | 12 April 1982 | Leakey Floral Cemetery Leakey, Real County, Texas, USA |
Corpus Christi, TX, USA | 218 Leming Street |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44040_10_0…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 130
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114922607/william-s-smith
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Changes
Sources
William S. Smith - Individual Flight Record
466th BG Archives
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 351