In Memory Of
SMITH, HENRY KEITH
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1922-11-28
Service No:
409241
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
101 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Australian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-06-26
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
3. E. 13.
Cemetery:
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Son of James Grenville Smith and Charlotte Maria Smith, of Linton, Victoria, Australia. Born Kimberley, South Africa
