James Walter Smedley
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mansfield, AR | 28 June 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 23 March 1942 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
NE of Pofi, Italy | 15 February 1944 | Shot down flying A-36A Apache #42-83893 |
|
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 25 February 1944 | Stalag Luft I (Dates are approximate) |
|
Died |
HIckory Creek, TX | 28 September 2004 | |
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Buried |
Dallas, TX | 2 October 2004 | Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Plot Section L |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://raf-112-squadron.org/86thfghonor_roll.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76153177/james-walter-smedley
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86328860/person/142185…
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86328860/person/142185…