Smither, Ross (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1940-September-15

Flying Officer Ross Smither RCAF

Birth Date: 1910

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Home: London, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

C/1594

Final Burial
Google MapBrookwood Military Cemetery
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1 Sqn (In omnibus princeps) Hurricane I aircraft P 3876 shot down during the Battle of Britain, near Staplehurst, Kent, England. Flying Officer R Smither (RCAF) was killed.

p> Flying Officer D Nesbitt was also shot down in the same action but baled out to safety.

BROTHER to Sydney Frank Smither, who was killed 1942-06-05 flying with 401 Sqn in Spitfire Vb aircraft BL 849

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