Smith, Cyril Richard (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-May-03

Male Head

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Parents: Francis John and Alice Maud Smith (née Batchelor)

Spouse:

Home: Miller's Flat, Otago, New Zealand

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

487 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

Service Numbers

415563

Home
Google MapMiller's Flat, Otago, New Zealand
Target
Google MapAmsterdam Netherlands
Final Burial
Google MapNew Eastern Cemetery
Plot 69 Row C Collective grave 9

Crew or Other Personnel

Ventura AE780

Flying Officer Stuart McGowan RNZAF

Flying Officer McGowan, Stuart (RNZAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Sergeant Cyril Richard Smith RNZAF

Sergeant Smith, Cyril Richard (RNZAF)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Flying Officer Ernest Garfield Thornber RCAF

Flying Officer Thornber, Ernest Garfield (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Commonwealth War Graves Ereveld Geallieerden WW2

Sergeant Ivan Francis Urlich RNZAF

Sergeant Urlich, Ivan Francis (RNZAF)
Air Gunner
Evader
1943-May-03
cemetery unknown

Mission

Ventura Mk. I AE780

Combat Amsterdam Netherlands 1943-May-03 to 1943-May-03

487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) Methwold
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AE 780 was shot down 1750 in the northwest suburbs of Amsterdam. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were missing & believed killed.