Smith, Charles Gerald Valentine (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-May-21

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Birth Date: 1898-April-05

Born: Vancouver, B.C.

Parents: Henry Valentine Smith & Kathleen Helen Davy

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario, 31 B.C. Horse Rgmt, CEF

Enlistment Date: 1917-September-17

Service

RAF

Unit

66 (OT) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)

Base

Yatesbury England

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Final Burial
Google MapAll Saint's Churchyard
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Smith enlisted in the RFC as an AM3, and stayed in that job until 1918-02-08. On 1918-02-10 he turned up as a flight instructor at 66TS Yatesbury. 1918-05-21: Smith died in DH.6, C-5508, when it "hit the ground at about 100mph on right wing, engine switches on and throttle fully open"