Eric Alfred SMITH

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SMITH, Eric Alfred

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

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 429268
5 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
5 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429268, No. 619 Squadron (RAF)
8 Jan 1945:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, 619SQN

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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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