Smith, Ernest Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Leslie |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Henry and Maggie May Smith, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB401 |
Markings | F2-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. F. 13. |
Epitaph | A TRIBUTE OF LOVE TO OUR DEAR LESLIE. HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY. MAM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 243 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1625433 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 635 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant. Part of a 412 aircraft attack on three oil plants- Dortmund, Scholven-Buer and Wanne-Eickel. The Dortmund raid was a particularly successful one but smoke screens prevented observation of the other two. 7 losses in all. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed onto Essen in the Ruhr, Germany |