Smith, Lawrence Waith, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Smith, Lawrence Waith, Jr ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	32378638 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #45 dated 8 July 1943, effective 8 July 1943.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
Last Duty Date	9 October 1943
Results	Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 5 March 1921 Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #99 dated 19 September 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 872⇓ (8.137 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 8 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
18⇗	27 August 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France	Radio Operator	42‑29554⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Had to leave formation when one bomb broke loose and lodged on bomb bay doors. Jettisoned it over the English Channel and returned to base. Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
22⇗	7 September 1943	Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Radio Operator	42‑30005⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30043. Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Radio Operator	42‑5051⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to a blown spark plug. Sortie Report⇗
24⇗	16 September 1943	Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France	Radio Operator	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer. Sortie Report⇗
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Wattisham, AAF Station 377, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Damaged by enemy aircraft; ditched at 1341 hrs 50 mi. west of Danish coast, North Sea; MACR 872. Sortie Report⇗

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