Flight Lieutenant George Burton Smith (RCAF) was safe, back in the UK 1945-05-09
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 406
Smith, George Burton (Flight Lieutenant)
Prisoner of War 1942-July-24
Birth Date: unkown date
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Service
RCAF
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Honington
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/8103
PoW: 6452
Target
Duisburg Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Wellington Z1577
Mission
Wellington Mk. III Z1577
Bombing Duisburg Germany 1942-July-24 to 1942-July-24
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Honington
9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volemus), RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft Z 1577 WS-T was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany and crashed near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot, Flying Officer Henry Ernest Brown (RAFVR) were killed in action
Pilot Officer George Burton Smith (RCAF), Sergeant Jack Arthur Westwood (RCAF), Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot Officer Norman Jefferies (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War. However, the severely wounded Sergeant Ratcliff would die from his wounds while a prisoner
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseWellington Z1577 Mk. III - Bombing Duisburg Germany - 1942-07-24 to 1942-07-24
Squadron: 9 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-24
Completion Date: 1942-07-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Duisburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Honington
Take Off Time: 01:21:00
Squadron Code: WS-T
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Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volemus), RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft Z 1577 WS-T was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany and crashed near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot, Flying Officer Henry Ernest Brown (RAFVR) were killed in action
Pilot Officer George Burton Smith (RCAF), Sergeant Jack Arthur Westwood (RCAF), Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot Officer Norman Jefferies (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War. However, the severely wounded Sergeant Ratcliff would die from his wounds while a prisoner