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Smith, Stanley Maurice (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-November-22

Birth Date: 1921 (age 22)

Son of Henry A. and Esther Smith, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Home: St Vital, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
115 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/23734
115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Little Snoring, England. Flying Officer Smith was killed when his Lancaster aircraft DS 782 went missing during a night attack against Berlin, Germany. Five RAF crew members, Sergeants M. BooIs, J. Harris, D.H. Hughes, H.A.R. Hum, A. Wilson, and FS D.C. Morley (RAAF) were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flying Officer Stanley Maurice Smith has no known grave.

Home
Google MapSt Vital, Manitoba
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

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Panel 174

Lancaster DS782

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.II DS782

KORAF RoundelK
With No. 115 Sqn (KO-K). Missing from operation to Berlin 23 Nov 1943. 194 operational hours.

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