Smith, Jack Menzies
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Jack Menzies |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 07-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Shepherd and Ruby Jean Isabelle Smith (Formerly Menzies), of Te Awamutu, Auckland, New Zealand. Husband of Edna Menzies Smith. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7629 |
Markings | MG-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 27. B. 1-6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 244 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403040 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 7 |
Squadron Motto | Per diem per noctem (By day and by night) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1942 |
End Date | 07-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 207 aircraft, 8 losses (3.9%). Cloud cover lead to scattered bombing but the authorities in Duisburg classed it as the heaviest raid to date |
Reason for Loss | Crashed 6km SSW of Goch, Germany |