Citations to Accompany Awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross with Two Oak Leaf Clusters to Martin Leslie Smith, Jr.
Distinguished Flying Cross, First Lieutenant Martin L. Smith, Jr., Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in an air flight on January 15, 1943, over the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of one of four P-40 fighter airplanes escorting a bomber formation on a mission to attack five enemy destroyers when nine enemy float biplane fighters attempted to intercept the bombers. In a fierce determined attack, the flight destroyed all nine enemy airplanes, Lieutenant Smith accounting for two himself. Despite terrific anti-aircraft fire from the destroyers, the four P-40's maintained the close formation discipline which permitted the complete destruction of the enemy force with no loss to the flight and permitted the bombers to proceed on their run.
First Oak-Leaf Cluster, Martin L. Smith, Jr., (O-431564), First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating, during the period December 22, 1942, to April 30, 1943, in 65 operational air flights during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. Home Address: Kidder,
Missouri.
Second Oak-Leaf Cluster, Captain Martin L. Smith, O-431564, Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, 26 January 1946, from Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California, to La Guardia Field, New York. Captain Smith, piloting a P-80 type aircraft, surpassed the previously recognized transcontinental speed record by flying the 2,370-mile course in four hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-five seconds. By his technical skill and expert judgment, he has contributed to the advancement of American aviation.
Distinguished Flying Cross, First Lieutenant Martin L. Smith, Jr., Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in an air flight on January 15, 1943, over the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of one of four P-40 fighter airplanes escorting a bomber formation on a mission to attack five enemy destroyers when nine enemy float biplane fighters attempted to intercept the bombers. In a fierce determined attack, the flight destroyed all nine enemy airplanes, Lieutenant Smith accounting for two himself. Despite terrific anti-aircraft fire from the destroyers, the four P-40's maintained the close formation discipline which permitted the complete destruction of the enemy force with no loss to the flight and permitted the bombers to proceed on their run.
First Oak-Leaf Cluster, Martin L. Smith, Jr., (O-431564), First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating, during the period December 22, 1942, to April 30, 1943, in 65 operational air flights during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. Home Address: Kidder,
Missouri.
Second Oak-Leaf Cluster, Captain Martin L. Smith, O-431564, Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, 26 January 1946, from Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California, to La Guardia Field, New York. Captain Smith, piloting a P-80 type aircraft, surpassed the previously recognized transcontinental speed record by flying the 2,370-mile course in four hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-five seconds. By his technical skill and expert judgment, he has contributed to the advancement of American aviation.
Citations to Accompany Awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross with Two Oak Leaf Clusters to Martin Leslie Smith, Jr.
Distinguished Flying Cross, First Lieutenant Martin L. Smith, Jr., Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in an air flight on January 15, 1943, over the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of one of four P-40 fighter airplanes escorting a bomber formation on a mission to attack five enemy destroyers when nine enemy float biplane fighters attempted to intercept the bombers. In a fierce determined attack, the flight destroyed all nine enemy airplanes, Lieutenant Smith accounting for two himself. Despite terrific anti-aircraft fire from the destroyers, the four P-40's maintained the close formation discipline which permitted the complete destruction of the enemy force with no loss to the flight and permitted the bombers to proceed on their run.
First Oak-Leaf Cluster, Martin L. Smith, Jr., (O-431564), First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating, during the period December 22, 1942, to April 30, 1943, in 65 operational air flights during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. Home Address: Kidder,
Missouri.
Second Oak-Leaf Cluster, Captain Martin L. Smith, O-431564, Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, 26 January 1946, from Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California, to La Guardia Field, New York. Captain Smith, piloting a P-80 type aircraft, surpassed the previously recognized transcontinental speed record by flying the 2,370-mile course in four hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-five seconds. By his technical skill and expert judgment, he has contributed to the advancement of American aviation.
Distinguished Flying Cross, First Lieutenant Martin L. Smith, Jr., Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in an air flight on January 15, 1943, over the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of one of four P-40 fighter airplanes escorting a bomber formation on a mission to attack five enemy destroyers when nine enemy float biplane fighters attempted to intercept the bombers. In a fierce determined attack, the flight destroyed all nine enemy airplanes, Lieutenant Smith accounting for two himself. Despite terrific anti-aircraft fire from the destroyers, the four P-40's maintained the close formation discipline which permitted the complete destruction of the enemy force with no loss to the flight and permitted the bombers to proceed on their run.
First Oak-Leaf Cluster, Martin L. Smith, Jr., (O-431564), First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating, during the period December 22, 1942, to April 30, 1943, in 65 operational air flights during which exposure to enemy fire was probable and expected. Home Address: Kidder,
Missouri.
Second Oak-Leaf Cluster, Captain Martin L. Smith, O-431564, Air Corps. For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, 26 January 1946, from Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California, to La Guardia Field, New York. Captain Smith, piloting a P-80 type aircraft, surpassed the previously recognized transcontinental speed record by flying the 2,370-mile course in four hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-five seconds. By his technical skill and expert judgment, he has contributed to the advancement of American aviation.
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