David Smith                                                                                              Updated: 07 MAR 2022

Airman: e777476.htm Surname: Smith Init: D Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 78

P_link: p085.htm Plane: HAL BB200 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d200642 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 23.43 den 19. juni 1942 lettede HAL BB200 fra RAF Middleton St. George på et bombetogt mod Emden.
Flyet gik tabt i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p085MACR)

R. W. Morgan blev begravet i Esbjerg den 5. september 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant David Smith, 41 år, var søn af Hendry og Agnes Smith; gift med Ada Smith, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Hæderstegn: B E M, British Empire Medal.

Hans navn er på Panel 93 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra HAL BB200 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 TYSKLAND. 6 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

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7 flyvere. 

At 23:43 on 19 June 1942 HAL BB200 took off from RAF Middleton St. George on a bombing raid targeting Emden.
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. There were no survivors. (Source: p085MACR)

R. W. Morgan was buried in Esbjerg on 5 September 1942. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant David Smith, 41, was the son of Hendry and Agnes Smith, and the husband of Ada Smith, of Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Awards: B E M, the British Empire Medal.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 243. 
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 93, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from HAL BB200 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in GERMANY. 6 airmen have no known grave.

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Halifax II BB200 EY- took off from RAF Middleton St. George on 19 JUN 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

7 airmen.