William Evans Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Offenbach mission in B-17 42-97630 5-Nov-44; Fatally wounded by flak, died of wounds. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97630

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Peg O My heart, Geraldine
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Middlesboro, KY	14 October 1916	Son of Frontis Hood Smith.
Enlisted	Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA	24 December 1943	Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia
Died	Offenbach, Germany	5 November 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Offenbach mission in B-17 42-97630 5-Nov-44; Fatally wounded by flak, died of wounds. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR
Buried Killed in Action (KIA)	Cambridge American Cemetery	6 November 1944	Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 5 Grave 33
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Bassingbourn	5 November 1944	Assigned 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, GA		Memorialised Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
	Atlanta, GA

Revisions

Date17 Jun 2022 14:15:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68365664/william-evans-smith

Date11 Dec 2019 00:32:54

ContributorRayWells

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Updated Biography to correct date of death

Date10 Dec 2019 17:36:51

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date4 Nov 2018 18:20:17

Contributorpjsmith83

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Memorial in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:58

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 174.