Raymond Elmer Smart Jr

Military
media-12906.jpeg UPL 12906 Massachusetts State College Yearbook "Index" (1939) - Raymond Elmer Smart, Jr. Raymond Elmer Smart, Jr.

Gilad Bashan

Object Number - UPL 12906 - Massachusetts State College Yearbook "Index" (1939) - Raymond Elmer Smart, Jr.

Assigned to 389FS, 366FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Koln in P-47 44-20540; shot down by flak over target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12641





Awards: AM (6OLC), Croix de Guerre, PH.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Longmeadow, MA 4 June 1918 Son of Raymond Elmer Sr and Christine Ella [Bolter] Smart.

Died

Grevenbroich, Germany 23 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Koln; shot down by flak over target. KIA MACR 12641

Buried

Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot N Row 21 Grave 13

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