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SMITH, Eric

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Eric Omar
Surname Smith
Gender M
Age 20
Decorations
Date of death 27-06-1942
Next of kin Son of Henry Omar Smith and Gertrude Smith, of Sneinton Dale, Nottingham.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W1175
Markings LQ-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 93..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 243
Enlistment information
Service Number 1169531
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Ailey J D (F/S)
Ansell R F (Sgt)
Danby A (Sgt)
Field W E N (F/S)
Fitzgerald R C (WO2)
Kleisdorff M R (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-06-1942
End Date 28-06-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier.
Reason for Loss Presumed lost over the sea