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Sergeant

Archibald Smith

Service number 1183165
Military unit 12 OTU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 25 Aug 1921
Date of death 08 Feb 1942 (20 years old)
Place of birth Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies

Archie Smith was a wholesale groceries clerk in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of Horace W and Ellen Smith and the brother of Thomas Smith. They lived at 1, Glade Avenue, Ringwood Crescent, Wollaton Road, Nottingham.

Military history

Wellington IC X9954

Sergeant W H Smith (RCAF), Sergeant F Llewellyn (RCAF), Sergeant E C Hatch, Sergeant R G Holmes, Sergeant T R Gamble, Sergeant A Smith, Sergeant W R Donaldson (RCAF): killed; Wellington X9954, 12 Operational Training Unit; aircraft accident near Wardlington.

Smith was attached to 12
Operational Training Base undergoing training for night bomber crews. Wellington IC X9954, was leaving Waddington Airfield near Lincoln with the intention of returning
to their own base but crashed as it was taking off about a mile north east of the airfield.

Smith had been in the RAF 16 months [n.e.p.10.2.1942].

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