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Military service
Service number:
J/88153
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
# 419 Moose Squadron
Birth:
May 16, 1921
Death:
May 25, 1944
Tilburg-Kronsstraat, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot B. Row 2. Joint grave 49.
Additional information
Son of George Lingen Smith and Anne Smith, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
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Photo of Phillip Seagar Smith
WW2 Pilot Officer Phillip Seagar Smith, Navigator, Service #J88153, Division #419 Moose Squadron. This is a photograph taken by McDermid Studio Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta. The note on the frame states "Philip Smith, Lingen's son, killed overseas WW2". Born May 16, 1921, killed in action May 25, 1944. Son of George Lingen Smith and Anne Smith of Vancouver, British Columbia. Phillip Smith was a Member of the crew of KB706 Lancaster which was part of a large formation comprising 442 bombers headed to Aachen to destroy railway yards on May 24/25 1944. KB706 was downed by the Luftwaffe with loss of the entire crew. Refer to www.419squadronbewarethemoose.com/home.html -
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Document
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of PHILIP SEAGAR SMITH
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Service Book
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Philip Seagar Smith
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Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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