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Military service
Service number:
J/89042
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
February 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 3.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
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Grave Marker
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Cemetery
Air crew Plot Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands The crew of Lancaster DS 788 was on its operational debut. They were airborne 0003 20Feb44 from Linton-on-Ouse on a mission to Leipzig, Germany. Shot down by a night-fighter from 20,000 feet; the resulting fire destroyed the rudders causing the Lancaster to crash at Kropswolde (Groningen) in the SW outskirts of Sappemeer, Holland. Also killed in the crash were the 19 yr old pilot F/O J.A.Frampton; P/O J.J.Astles; Sgt K.H.Bennett; Sgt K.W.Tindall RAF Two crew members survived: F/O G.W.Reynolds was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.3537 and F.W.C.Robertson evaded. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) -
Photo of KENNETH SMITH
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Photo of KENNETH SMITH
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of KENNETH SMITH
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Document
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Id card
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Photo of KENNETH SMITH
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Photo of KENNETH SMITH
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Document
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Document
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Grave marker
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 446 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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