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Donald E SMITH
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-817116 | ||||||||
| AGE | -- yo | ||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | -- | ||||||||
| ETAT | NEW YORK | ||||||||
| FAMILY | -- | ||||||||
| RANK | 2nd Lieutenant | ||||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | - | ||||||||
| SQUADRON | 335th Fighter Squadron | ||||||||
| GROUP | 4th Fighter Group | ||||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 18 august 1944 |  | |||||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | To Othis (Between Beaumont-sur-Oise and La Ferté-sous-Jouarre) | ||||||||
| DATA PLAN |
P-51 Mustang - type D-5-NA - s/n 44-13563 WD*R "Marj" Macr: 8146 Mission: Escort to Paris Takeoff Station 356 Debden, Essex UK Flying in # 3 of the Caboose Blue section Shot in flames by fighter around 19:30 | ||||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||||
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| STORY | |||||||||
| While on a skip-bombing operation near Paris, France, the formation was attacked by 50 ME-109's. Crashed near La Ferte. | |||||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Arie-Jan van Hees(USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries) |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |