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Smith, Dewey Carlyle

Individual Personnel Data
Name Smith, Dewey Carlyle   
Rank Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 18190125   
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944, effective 24 March 1944.
Duty Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date 24 April 1944
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15.
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 30 December 1922
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 4355 (7.660 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert HaroldPilotPOW
2nd Lt. Kell, Joseph WilfredCo-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Rule, Johnson WilliamNavigatorEV
1st Lt. Rader, Richard EugeneBombardierEV
S/SGT. Sturak, Stanley JohnRadio Operator / GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Smith, Dewey CarlyleEngineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Roberson, Charles WilliamBall Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Vann, George Daniel, JrTail GunnerPOW
SGT. Atkins, James AsaFlexible GunnerPOW
SGT. McManus, Cornelius PatrickFlexible GunnerEV

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
93 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97320 Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage.
Sortie Report
94 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Engineer/Top Turret 42‑31346 Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron lead, lead group. Received direct flak burst at 1201 hrs 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. MACR 4355
Sortie Report

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