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Flying Officer David Smith

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Flying Officer David Smith

Birth
Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
4 May 1941 (aged 22)
Manitoba, Canada
Burial
Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.2490889, Longitude: -79.9393306
Plot
Lot 4. Sec. 563. Block B.
Memorial ID
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Flying Officer Smith perished in the crash of 11 SFTS's North American Harvard (#3809) aircraft after being involved in a mid-air collision near Clear Lake, Manitoba. The Harvard was being ferried from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: C/1192
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 Service Flying Training School (Yorkton, Saskatchewan)

Son of William Henry Smith and Miriam Ada (née Green) Smith of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Flying Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Flying Officer Smith perished in the crash of 11 SFTS's North American Harvard (#3809) aircraft after being involved in a mid-air collision near Clear Lake, Manitoba. The Harvard was being ferried from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: C/1192
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #11 Service Flying Training School (Yorkton, Saskatchewan)

Son of William Henry Smith and Miriam Ada (née Green) Smith of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Flying Officer David Smith is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161802254/david-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Flying Officer David Smith (1 Oct 1918–4 May 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 161802254, citing White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).