Smith, George Earl (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-July-13

Flight Sergeant George Earl Smith RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-April-04

Born: Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada

Parents: Son of George Earl Smith and Ona Pearl (nee Hoard) Smith, of Regina, Saskatchewan

Spouse:

Home: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1942-May-04

Service

RCAF

Unit

142 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Determination

Base

RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/163668

Home

Regina, Saskatchewan

Target

Milan Italy

Temporary Burial

Buried near crash site by local partisans

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Milan War Cemetery
Collective Grave V D 1-5

Flight Sergeant Smith was BROTHER of Pilot Officer Vernon Beverley Smith (RCAF) missing, presumed killed in action over the Bay of Pomerania in the Baltic Sea 1945-02-15 on 424 Squadron Lancaster PB 899 QB-A while on a GARDENING (mining) operation

142 Squadron (Determination) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy. Wellington BX aircraft HE 293-D had been struck by flak and was struggling in poor weather conditions when it crashed in the Passo della Portula, near Bergamo, 50 miles north east of the target, the Lambrate Marshalling Yards in Milan, Italy

Pilot Officer E A W Dawson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G E Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant K E Fairclough (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant W Kirkland (RAFVR) were all killed in action and were buried by local partisans near the crash site. They were later exhumed and now rest in the Milan War Cemetery.

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