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SMITH, Eric Alfred
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 429268 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1924 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Froissy, France, 8 January 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villeneuve-St. Georges Old Communal Cemetery Grave 108B Headstone Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS..." TREASURED MEMORIES", Villeneuve-St Georges Old Communal Cemetery, Villeneuve-St Georges, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred William and Amelia Elizabeth Smith of Sydney, NSW
Flight Sergeant Eric Alfred Smith 429268 & Flying Officer Colin Kelvin Flockhart 428679 were killed in the loss of Lancaster ND957 of Number 619 Squadron RAF
Their aircraft was on the return leg from a bombing operation over Munich when it collided with another Lancaster in bad weather and reduced visibility and crashed near Froissy, Oise, France
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