Alfred Henry Smith                                                                             Updated: 25 MAR 2021

Airman: a041004.htm Surname: Smith Init: A H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 149                               Monument                        

P_link: p081.htm Plane: STI R9310 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Storebælt off Asnæs

Crash_d: d180542 Buried_d: b230742 C_link: c041.htm At_Next: Kalundborg

Den 18. maj 1942 kl. 01.40 (Kilde: MACR) styrtede STI R9310 i Storebælt 10 km SV for Kalundborg. p081MACR
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"17.-18. maj 1942 Storebælt SV for Asnæs, 10 km SV for Kalundborg. Stirling Mk. 1 R9310 (OJ-P). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk. (Minering i Øresund)

32 Stirlings og 28 Wellingtons fra No. 3 BG skulle minere i de danske farvande og ved de frisiske øer. 5 Stirlings og 2 Wellingtons gik tabt. Vejret over det danske område var dårligt, og under overflyvning af Storebælt blev flyet ramt af flak ved Nyborg, men fortsatte på en NØ-retning. Næste dag fandt fiskere vragdele i farvandet ud for spidsen af Asnæs, og i de efterfølgende måneder drev ligene af flere besætningsmedlemmer i land." (FT 88-31-2)

Den 20. juli 1942 blev A.H. Smith fundet på spidsen af Asnæs, omkring her. Han blev begravet den 23. juli 1942 i Kalundborg. (Kilde: FAF) Se foto fra hans begravelse.
Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Alfred Henry Smith var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

4 flyvere fra STI R9310 blev begravet i Kalundborg og 1 i Kirke Værløse. 2 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 18 May 1942 at 01.40 hours (Source: MACR) STI R9310 crashed into the Storebælt 10 km SW of Kalundborg.  p081MACR
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"17-18 May 1942 Storebælt SW of Asnæs, 10 km SW of Kalundborg. Stirling Mk. 1 R9310 (OJ-P). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk. (Mining in the Sound)

32 Stirlings and 28 Wellingtons from No. 3 BG were to lay mines in Danish waters and at the Frisian Islands. 5 Stirlings and 2 Wellingtons were lost. The weather over Danish territory was bad. This plane was hit by flak at Nyborg, but it flew on in a north easterly direction. Next day fishermen found debris in the waters off the tip of Asnæs, and the bodies of a number of crew members were washed ashore in the following months." (FT 88-31-2)

On 20 July 1942 A.H. Smith was found at the tip of Asnæs, about here. He was buried in Kalundborg on 23 July 1942. (Source: FAF) See photo from his burial.
Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Alfred Henry Smith was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 243.

4 airmen  from STI R9310 were buried in Kalundborg and 1 in Kirke Værløse. 2 have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 149 Squadron and 149 Squadron History.  This Stirling took off from RAF Lakenheath. 7 airmen.