Thomas P SMITH Jr | ||||||||
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | O-759767 (14158384) | |||||||
AGE | 22 yo | |||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 | |||||||
STATE | ILLINOIS | |||||||
FAMILY | Maried: Grace C | |||||||
RANK | 1st Lieutenant | |||||||
FONCTION | Pilot | |||||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | ||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 9 october 1942 Camp Forrest TENNESSE | |||||||
SQUADRON | 322nd Bomber Squadron, | |||||||
BOMBER | 91st Bomber Group (H) | |||||||
ARMY | 8th Air Corps | |||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 13 august 1944 | |||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Le Manoir (Eure) | |||||||
DATA PLAN | B-17 Fortress - type G - s/n 42-107030 LG*T "Fifinella" Macr: 7898 Take-Off Station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire UK for 54th Mission direct hit of flak in the cockpit - the driver loops above Incarville to allow the evacuation of the crew The aircraft crashed on the house Baudry, having destroyed the old Calvary Street Epreville at 13:03 Crossing the Street Epreville and Rue des Pres - Epreville - Capt Incarville - near Louviers. | |||||||
Crew "Fifinella" | ||||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | |||||||
GRAVE |
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DECORATION |
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STORY | ||||||||
Date of August 13, 1944 when he had to bomb the railway bridge on the Seine in Normandy Manor, his B-17 was hit by flak at the oxygen that exploded and set fire Thomas barrel is seriously injured he made the rounds to his crew may be able to parachute but when his turn his parachute could not open his co-pilot took it with him, but Thomas died while descending after these injuries.
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History in picturesThe pilot seriously injured and burned to the fortress of orders made rounds before crashing to the crew can have time to parachute. These pictures were taken by Charles STURGEON Mechanic / turret gunner - Prisoner of War and Joe Vukovich Co-pilot - Escaped |
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Stele Incarville Thomas SMITH in the chapel of the base 121 of Bassingbourn UK "LA PRESSE"
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INFORMATION SOURCE | Jean-François CARBONNET - Francecrashes39-45.net |
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PICTURE SOURCE |
Charles STURGEON Mec/Mit - Joe VUKOVICH CoPil Jean-François CARBONNET - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |