DAMBUSTERS Smith, Edward Clarence

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith ​

• FORENAME

Edward Clarence ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

540655 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th December 1943 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Gosselies Communal Cemetery,Belgium Row 2 Grave 15 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1919 Easthampstead,Berkshire​

son of Clarence and Annie Smith​

husband of Evelyn Sarah Smith,Easthampstead,Berkshire​

RAF 1937​

Uxbridge 11.5.1937​

Hendon 12.6.1937​

3 STT 27.8.1937​

19 Squadron 26.10.1937​

Hendon 1.11.1937​

75 Squadron 8.7.1938​

15 OTU 4.4.1940​

Cosford 24.5.1940​

32 Squadron 21.9.1940​

Ibsley 10.5.1941​

130 Squadron 25.6.1941​

No ? 1.8.1942 (unsure)​

106 Squadron 12.10.1942​

57 Squadron 9.12.1942​

617 Squadron 26.3.1943 (Sgt)​

flight engineer​

Lancaster DV398​

Liege,Belgium (armaments works)​

hit by flak and broke up over Merbes-le-Chateau,Hainaut,Belgium ​

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