Pilot Officer Smith lost his life in the crash of 14 SFTS's Yale #3429 aircraft in the low-flying area five miles south-east of Aylmer. He and Leading Aircraftman John McKINNON, who also perished in the accident, were engaged in flying sequence exercises when the crash occurred.
Pilot Officer Smith was interred in the Shaarey Zedek Section of Roselawn cemetery with full military honours.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/11977
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #14 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Aylmer, Ontario
A lithograph press operator by trade, residing on Robert Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 June 1941 in Toronto.
Son of Jacob and Rose (née Fine) Smith of Toronto [both parents born in Russia]; husband of Mildred Smith of Toronto; father of Sheldon Stanley Smith and Maxine Smith.
Pilot Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 115 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer Smith was interred in the Shaarey Zedek Section of Roselawn cemetery with full military honours.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/11977
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #14 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Aylmer, Ontario
A lithograph press operator by trade, residing on Robert Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 June 1941 in Toronto.
Son of Jacob and Rose (née Fine) Smith of Toronto [both parents born in Russia]; husband of Mildred Smith of Toronto; father of Sheldon Stanley Smith and Maxine Smith.
Pilot Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 115 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer Smith lost his life in the crash of 14 SFTS's Yale #3429 aircraft in the low-flying area five miles south-east of Aylmer. He and Leading Aircraftman John McKINNON, who also perished in the accident, were engaged in flying sequence exercises when the crash occurred.
Pilot Officer Smith was interred in the Shaarey Zedek Section of Roselawn cemetery with full military honours.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/11977
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #14 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Aylmer, Ontario
A lithograph press operator by trade, residing on Robert Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 June 1941 in Toronto.
Son of Jacob and Rose (née Fine) Smith of Toronto [both parents born in Russia]; husband of Mildred Smith of Toronto; father of Sheldon Stanley Smith and Maxine Smith.
Pilot Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 115 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer Smith was interred in the Shaarey Zedek Section of Roselawn cemetery with full military honours.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/11977
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #14 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Aylmer, Ontario
A lithograph press operator by trade, residing on Robert Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 June 1941 in Toronto.
Son of Jacob and Rose (née Fine) Smith of Toronto [both parents born in Russia]; husband of Mildred Smith of Toronto; father of Sheldon Stanley Smith and Maxine Smith.
Pilot Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 115 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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