Second Lieutenant Daniel C. Smoke Jr, Army serial number O-832266, was born on July 23, 1923, in Alabama, and lived in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. He completed 1 year of college and was employed as a checker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Miami Beach, Florida, on February 19, 1943. After training, he was assigned as a pilot in the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Lavenham, England – part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force. He and his eight crew mates were all killed in action on March 19, 1945, when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38038, collided with B-17G 43-37969 ‘Beverly Jean' during formation assembly, and crashed near Couvron France. His remains were returned to the United States after the war, and reinterred at New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama, in Division 14, Lot 403-west half, Space 4.
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Sources:
1. Cemetery records of New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama
2. de Jong, Ivo. "The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)." Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
3. Enlistment record of Daniel C. Smoke Jr at the U.S. National Archives
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Information courtesy of Mr. Paul Webber, Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association,
www.487thbg.org
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Sources:
1. Cemetery records of New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama
2. de Jong, Ivo. "The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)." Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
3. Enlistment record of Daniel C. Smoke Jr at the U.S. National Archives
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Information courtesy of Mr. Paul Webber, Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association,
www.487thbg.org
Second Lieutenant Daniel C. Smoke Jr, Army serial number O-832266, was born on July 23, 1923, in Alabama, and lived in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. He completed 1 year of college and was employed as a checker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Miami Beach, Florida, on February 19, 1943. After training, he was assigned as a pilot in the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Lavenham, England – part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force. He and his eight crew mates were all killed in action on March 19, 1945, when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38038, collided with B-17G 43-37969 ‘Beverly Jean' during formation assembly, and crashed near Couvron France. His remains were returned to the United States after the war, and reinterred at New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama, in Division 14, Lot 403-west half, Space 4.
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Sources:
1. Cemetery records of New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama
2. de Jong, Ivo. "The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)." Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
3. Enlistment record of Daniel C. Smoke Jr at the U.S. National Archives
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Information courtesy of Mr. Paul Webber, Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association,
www.487thbg.org
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Sources:
1. Cemetery records of New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama
2. de Jong, Ivo. "The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)." Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
3. Enlistment record of Daniel C. Smoke Jr at the U.S. National Archives
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Information courtesy of Mr. Paul Webber, Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association,
www.487thbg.org
