Smith, Donald George
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Donald George |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 15-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Richard and Ida Belle Smith, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | NE119 |
Markings | LQ-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. G. 11. |
Epitaph | SON OF GEORGE R. AND IDA B. SMITH |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 243 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/35778 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
Thought to have baled out but then executed on the ground |
Mentioned in Despatches June 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1790/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1790/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-03-1945 |
End Date | 16-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (5% moon) |
Operation | Misburg- to mark the Deurag oil refinery (on the outskirts of Hannover). 265 aircraft, 4 lost. Good visibility. Most of the bombs fell south of the target |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bad Grund |