SMITH Thomas Harry James

  • First Name(s):
    Thomas 
    Harry 
    James 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    1575907
  • Rank:

    Sergeant/Wireless Operator (Air)

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Air Force Unit:
    419 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th May 1944
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot B. Row 2. Grave 48.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry James Smith and Harriet Anne Smith, of Tolladine, Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SMITH Thomas Harry James Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About SMITH Thomas Harry James

The following information has been researched by Peter Kennedy:
Sergeant smith was attached to a Canadian squadron and was in one of 442 aircraft that took off to bomb railway targets around the town of Aachen in Germany.  On the return flight the Lancaster bomber (KB706 VR-A) was shot down by a German night fighter over Holland.  Seven airmen perished in the crash.

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