Military service
Service number:
J/20075
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
612 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 29, 1921
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
September 11, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
December 24, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 174.
Additional information
Son of Harry W. and Ella W. Smith, of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
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Photo of DONALD IAN SMITH
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Photo of DONALD IAN SMITH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Donald Ian Smith
From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> F/O Donald Ian Smith, 22, was killed on Christmas Eve, 1943, when his 612 Squadron Wellington HF177, crashed into the Bay of Biscay, while on a night anti-submarine patrol. There were no survivors and the names of F/O Smith, and his crew members, are inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, in Surrey, England. -
Letter
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Ian Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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