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Military service
Service number:
J/21753
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
298 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 21. Row C. Coll. grave 47-49.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
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Other
Crew of Halifax LL-129 -
Letter
Letter informing family that F/O Smith is missing in action -
Letter
Letter to sister confirming F/O Smith's death. -
Grave marker
Original cross showing communal burial. -
Grave marker
Photo of grave marker -
Photo of DERWOOD WILLIAM SMITH
Official photo of F/O Smith -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Derwood William Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LE MANS WEST CEMETERY Sarthe, France
Le Mans is a large town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of La Sarthe. LE MANS WEST CEMETERY is on the north-western side of the town and west of the River Sarthe.
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