Smith, Lionel Vernon Osman

Killed in Action 1942-10-03

Birth Date: 1912-October-03

Born: Waco, Texas

Son of Lionel Hugh and Josephine Smith, of El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Graduate of Notre Dame and Harvard Universities.

Home: El Paso, Texas, USA

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-04-14

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 Sqn- Squadron (IAF)

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/9513

Home
Google MapEl Paso, Texas, USA
First Burial
Google MapTando Matkham War Cemetery, Karachi, Pakistan
1 Squadron (In Omnibus Princeps). Hudson aircraft was in a mid-air collision with a Hurricane aircraft twenty miles south of Hyderabad Sind. Five of the crew of the Hudson, not Canadians, were also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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Hudson FH289

Flying Officer Smith, Lionel Vernon Osman (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-October-03
Karachi War Cemetery, National Stadium Road, Karsaz Faisal Cantonment, Karachi, Pakistan

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons.National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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