SMITH, Harold Ingram Pilot Officer/Pilot. J19595. From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed-in-Action May 13, 1944 age 26. No. 419 Moose Squadron. P/O Smith had completed over 30 trips and had begun his second tour of operations when his Lancaster aircraft KB710 (Squadron code and aircraft individual letter VR+W) went missing during a night attack against the marshalling yards at Louvain, Belgium. F/O.s J.L. Moore, W.R. Finlayson, W.W. Price, P/O.s J.C.
O'Connell, S.G. Livingston and Sgt. R. Bull (RAF) were also killed. Pilot Officer Smith is buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere-les-Bruxelles, Belgium. Pages 705 & 706.
KB710 took off from Middleton St. George at 2155 hrs to attack the rail yards at Louvain, Belgium. It was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Saint-Genseus-Rode (Brabant), 12 km south from the centre of Brussels. There were no survivors. Out of the 120 aircraft that took part in this raid, only two were lost.
SMITH, Harold Ingram Pilot Officer/Pilot. J19595. From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed-in-Action May 13, 1944 age 26. No. 419 Moose Squadron. P/O Smith had completed over 30 trips and had begun his second tour of operations when his Lancaster aircraft KB710 (Squadron code and aircraft individual letter VR+W) went missing during a night attack against the marshalling yards at Louvain, Belgium. F/O.s J.L. Moore, W.R. Finlayson, W.W. Price, P/O.s J.C.
O'Connell, S.G. Livingston and Sgt. R. Bull (RAF) were also killed. Pilot Officer Smith is buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere-les-Bruxelles, Belgium. Pages 705 & 706.
KB710 took off from Middleton St. George at 2155 hrs to attack the rail yards at Louvain, Belgium. It was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Saint-Genseus-Rode (Brabant), 12 km south from the centre of Brussels. There were no survivors. Out of the 120 aircraft that took part in this raid, only two were lost.
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Flying Officer (Nav.), 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. Age unknown.
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