John J Smith

Military

Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ray-Sur-Authie, FR 29-Feb-44; hit by flak stbd engine feathered dropped out of formation salvoed bombs, Crashed Abbeville, FR Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2455



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-450443) of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force releases bombs during a mission.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 15096863 / O-671919
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17105972
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Denalis Cheechakoo
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Abbeville, France 29 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ray-Sur-Authie, FR 29-Feb-44 in B-26 41-34856; crashed Abbeville, FR KIA MACR 2455

Other

St Margueritte, 10 Km W of Dieppe 25 May 1944 Body drifted ashore St Margueritte, FR

Born

Logan, OH Son of Edna M Smith.
Mingo County, WV Entered service from Mingo County, West Virginia.

Buried

Oak Grove Cemetery Logan, Hocking County, OH Re-Interred Oak Grove Cemetery Logan, Hocking County, Ohio

Based

Andrews Field 29 February 1944 Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.