Smith, John George
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | John George |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter William and Alice Louisa Smith. Husband of Josephine Winifred Smith, of Tickenham, Somerset. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3675 |
Markings | KO-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. A. 6. |
Epitaph | IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVES YET WE LOVED HIM TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET. JOSEPHINE, MUMS, DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 244 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 742471 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rue Sainte Blaise, Grand Hallet (Hannut), Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone & inscribed metal paque |
Memorial Text | RAF 115TH SQDN 28 AOUT 1942 |
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-08-1942 |
End Date | 29-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (90% moon) |
Operation | Nuremburg. 159 aircraft despatched- incurred 23 (14.5%) losses. Low altitude attack. PFF used target indicators for the first time and were able to place them with great accuracy. Much damage in the Altstadt and the Nazi rally area in the south of the city |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed Grand-Hallet, NW of Huy |