Robert Boaler Smith
Service number
526371
Military unit
139 Sqdn Royal Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
18 Aug 1918
Date of death
30 Oct 1939 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Attended Queen Elizabeth School from 1928 to 1935.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of George Allcroft and Jessie Brown Smith of Wellow. He had a younger sister, Irene (1922).
Military history
IBCC: Bristol Blenheim IV serial number N6234 marking XD-E
Flew from Wyton for a day flight for reconnaissance and they crashed near Gross Berssen near Meppen. They were shot down by Lt Heinz Lange flying a Messerschmitt Bf109D.
He was the wireless operator and air gunner.
Extra information
He was buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany plot on 17. B. 9 on the 3rd of November 1939.
Photographs
Photo of Robert Boaler Smith