Saint-Smith, James Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | James Alexander |
Surname | Saint-Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | DFC, DFM |
Date of Death | 29-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Raymond and Catherine Mary Saint-Smith, of Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito VI |
Serial Number | DZ516 |
Markings | AE-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
Grave Reference | Plot 8. Row D. Joint grave 13-14. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 93 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403380 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 627 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2152/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2148/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-06-1944 |
End Date | 29-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Beauvoir |
Reason for Loss | Believed to be homebound when the aircraft was destroyed by a premature in-flight explosion from a V1 flying-bomb, launched from a nearby site. |