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Military service
Service number:
J/16175
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
March 10, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 272.
Additional information
Sqdn. Son of Rudolph and Alberta C. Smith, of Merlin, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Rudolph Charles Carlyle Smith
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Photo of Rudolph Charles Carlyle Smith
Carlyle earned his wings in 1941.He was assigned to 112 Squadron RAF in North Africa. In some 10 months of combat PO Smith flew 85 sorties mostly in his beloved Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter, which he named The Duchess. Reported missing in action,he has no known grave. -
Photo of Rudolph Smith
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Rudolph Charles Carlyle Smith
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Rudolph Charles Carlyle Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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