Smith, Frederick Curtis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Curtis |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Curtis Smith and Alice Mary Smith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Marjory Grace Smith, of Toronto. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | Z9163 |
Markings | FB-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 256. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 98 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/175155 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 24 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-04-1944 |
End Date | 10-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Honeybourne |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Training-Night Navigation Flight |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Honeybourne at 2205 for a night navigation exercise. At 2219 hrs a QDY was obtained on the base Direction Finding, after which nothing further was heard. However two crews operating from 11 O.T.U. at Wescott , flying at 10,000 feet saw at 2315 hrs Yellow flares. Both aircraft descended to 6,000 feet and observed six reds being fired in position 5219N 0432W. Then at 2328 hrs a Wellington from 16 O.T.U. out of Barford St John, saw oil burning on the water, the Navigator plotting the position as 5223N 0435W. All the crew are commemorated at Runnymede |