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Military service
Service number:
J/11053
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
608 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
September 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 5. E. 29-30.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. E. Howard Smith and Reita Smith.
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Smith, Bert Howard - Flight Lieutenant. Born 28th April, 1922, at Melita, Man. Educated at Killarney and Stonewall, Man. Entered the service of the Bank 2nd July, 1940. Served at Stone?wall and Winkler, Man. Enlisted 30th June, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in March, 1942; Flying Officer in October, 1942; Flight Lieutenant in June, 1944. Trained at Brandon, Man., Regina, Sask., Virden, Man., and Uplands and Trenton, Oat. Flying Instructor at Moncton, N.B. Overseas in August, 1943. Attached R.A.R Reported September, 1944 missing after air operations over Berlin. Officially presumed dead April, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Photo of BERT HOWARD SMITH
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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
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of BERT HOWARD SMITH
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Identification
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Bert Howard Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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