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Military service
Service number:
J/29977
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
July 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
52. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of Dwight Lyman Smith and Hazel Gertrude Smith, of Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Smith, Grant Lyman - Flying Officer. Born 5th September, 1921, at Qu'Appelle, Sask. Educated at Robert Moore Public School and High School, Fort Frances, Ont. Entered the service of the Bank 3rd July, 1939. Served at Fort Frances. Enlisted 8th October, 1942, from that branch in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer 2nd September, 1943; Flying Officer 3rd March, 1944. Trained at Brandon and Dauphin, Man., Saskatoon, Sask., and Portage la Prairie, Man., graduating as Navigator. Over?seas in October, 1943. Posted to 408 Squadron. Killed 11th July, 1944, when his aircraft crashed near Melton Mowbray, with the loss of the entire crew. Buried with full military honours in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, 17th July, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Grant Lyman Smith
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Commemorated on:
Page 446 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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