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Military service
Service number:
27489
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
100 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. H. 4.
Additional information
Son of George and Doris Smith, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
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Photo of Wilfred James Smith
Trained as a navigator and went oaverseas in July 1943 to join #100 RAF Squadron. He was killed on July 29, 1944 during a night raid on Stuttgart. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Wilfred James 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 -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILFRED JAMES SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILFRED JAMES SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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