Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 HENRY KEITH
Initials:
 H K
Service No:
 409241
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Australian Air Force
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Unit:
 101 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-06-26
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Date of Birth:
 1922-11-28
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster LM318 took off from RAF Ludford Magna on the night of 25/26th June 1943 detailed to bomb Ludwigshafen. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at Ermen, 4 kms south south east of Ludwigshafen and all the crew members were killed. Smith was on his 7th mission
Additional
Information:
Son of James Grenville Smith and Charlotte Maria Smith, of Linton, Victoria, Australia. Born Kimberley, South Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. E. 13.

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