Smith, Geoffrey Archie (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-September-10

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Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents:

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Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flt. Engineer

Service Numbers

569386

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Target
Google MapDusseldorf Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
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158 Squadron RAF (Strength In Unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax II aircraft W 7745 NP-K was shot down by flak during a operation to Dusseldorf, Germany and crashed in the sea North Sea 20 km southwest of Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands

Sergeant GA Smith (RAF)(Can) was missing, presumed killed in action

Sergeant Smith has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Please dee Ellsworth, GL for complete casualty list and flight detail

Unvetted Source 158 Squadron Association-Personnel Detail

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax W7745

Sergeant James George Edward Davis RAFVR

Sergeant Davis, James George Edward (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Gordon Leroy Ellsworth RCAF

Flight Sergeant Ellsworth, Gordon Leroy (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium

Pilot Officer Arthur Howard Hanson RAF

Pilot Officer Hanson, Arthur Howard (RAF)
Rear Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Middelkirke Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Squadron Leader Peter Bettley Robinson RAF

Squadron Leader Robinson, Peter Bettley (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium

Flight Sergeant Phillip Silverman RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Silverman, Phillip (RAFVR)
Mid-Upper Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Geoffrey Archie Smith RAF

Sergeant Smith, Geoffrey Archie (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Anthony John Sutton RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Sutton, Anthony John (RAFVR)
2nd Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Harlingen General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands

Pilot Officer William Albert Thomas RAFVR

Pilot Officer Thomas, William Albert (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1942-September-10
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, Belgium