Smith, Langley Frank Willard DSC (Flight Sub-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1917-June-12

Smith learned to fly in the summer of 1916, at the American Curtiss Flying School in Virginia. He joined the RNAS in September 1916 in Toronto and Flight Sub-Lieutenant Smith received RAeC cert. #3998 on 1916-12-11. Posted to 4(N) Sqn on 1917-04-25, he scored eight victories flying the Sopwith Pup, in the month of June. His squadron was the first to receive the new Sopwith Camel. A few days later, while attempting to intercept a flight of 16 Gotha bombers, Smith was killed when his Camel lost a wing and broke up in mid-air.

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