Smith, Edward Walter (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-January-14

Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of Walter J. and Mary Smith; husband of Elizabeth L. Smith, of Parry Sound, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Elizabeth L. Smith, of Parry Sound, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/12704

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapBrunswick Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapWaldfiedhof Vechta Cemetery, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapSage War Cemetery
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156 Squadron (We Light The Way), Pathfinder Force. Target - Brunswick, Germany. Lancaster III aircraft JA 975GT-N shot downby flak and night fighter attack and crashed thirty-five miles south-west of Bremen, Germany. F/O(s) EW Smith (RCAF), S Colbert (RAF), E Hone DFC (RAF), Flight Lieutenant CR Stannard (RAF), Pilot Officer DM Davies (RAF), FS(s) GC Johnson DFM (RAF) were killed and GW Bramley (RAF) missing.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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