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SMITH, Sidney

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number LM587
Markings JO-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Wissant Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 3..
Epitaph DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE ANN, SONS JOHN AND PAUL. R.I.P.
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 99
Enlistment information
Service Number 410819
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 463 (Australian)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 26-09-1944
End Date 26-09-1944
Takeoff Station Waddington
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Cap Griz Nez
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on one of the last points holding out on the French coast. Crashed near Wissant alongside the Calais-Boulogne road