Smith, Langley Frank Willard

Smith learned to fly in the summer of 1916, at the American Curtiss Flying School in Virginia. He joined the RNAS in September 1916 in Toronto and Flight Sub-Lieutenant Smith received RAeC cert. #3998 on 1916-12-11. Posted to 4(N) Sqn on 1917-04-25, he scored eight victories flying the Sopwith Pup, in the month of June. His squadron was the first to receive the new Sopwith Camel. A few days later, while attempting to intercept a flight of 16 Gotha bombers, Smith was killed when his Camel lost a wing and broke up in mid-air.