Bert Smith                                             Updated:  30 OCT 2011

Airman: a074004.htm Surname: Smith Init: B Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 83

P_link: p351.htm Plane: LAN PB292 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Høgsholt near Vejle

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: b080946 C_link: c074.htm At_Next: Randbøl

LAN PB292 eksploderede i luften og vragstykker faldt ned over et stort område nær Vejle. (Kilde: AOD)
En mindesten er rejst på nedstyrtningsstedet her.
5 flyvere omkom, og tyskerne gravede dem ned omkring 20 km mod vest ved Vandel flyveplads.
De blev fundet i september 1945, identificeret og begravet ved Randbøl Kirke.
Se hele teksten på mindesmærket. Ved denne flyver er tekstudsnittet Vi takker dem for, hvad de gav.

Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Bert Smith, 19år, var søn af Bertie Smith og Alice Smith (f. Atkinson), Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se hans navn blandt 47 navne i St. Clement Danes og i Horsens.

5 flyvere fra LAN PB292 blev begravet i Randbøl. 2 flyvere blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Se Lancaster fotos.

 LAN PB292 exploded in the air and debris fell in a very big area near Vejle. (Source: AOD)
A memorial stone is erected at the crash site here.
5 airmen perished, and the Germans dug them down about 20 km to the west at Vandel Airfield.
They were found in September 1945, identified and buried at Randbøl Church.
See all of the text of the memorial here. At this airman the extract is We thank them for what they gave.

Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Bert Smith, 19, was the son of Bertie Smith and of Alice Smith (nee Atkinson), of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
See his name among 47 names in St. Clement Danes and in Horsens.

5 airmen from LAN PB292 were buried in Randbøl. 2 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.

See Bomber Command No. 83 Squadron  * The Wartime Memories Project - No. 83 Squadron.
No. 83 Squadron RAF * Lancaster Photos.  This Lancaster took off from RAF Coningsby.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.