Smith, Norman Frank (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-December-06
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Parents: Son of Frank and Dorothy Sophia Smith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Joyce Maud Smith.
Spouse: Husband of Joyce Maud Smith.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
487 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/16368
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Mosquito HR357
Mission
Mosquito FB.Mk VI HR357
Reconnaissance Ruhr Germany 1944-December-06 to 1944-December-06
487 () () B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, France
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.Mosquito HR357 FB.Mk VI - Reconnaissance Ruhr Germany - 1944-12-06 to 1944-12-06
Squadron: 487
Start Date: 1944-12-06
Completion Date: 1944-12-06
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Ruhr Germany
Target Specific:
Base: B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, France
Take Off Time: 22:05
Squadron Code: EG R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: 2 km west of Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
