Smith, Paul Matthew, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Smith, Paul Matthew, Jr ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-446478 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #160 dated 5 December 1943, effective 5 December 1943.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	22 February 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Plot D Row 11 Grave 18
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 4 August 1920
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2467⇓ (10.428 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Smith, Paul Matthew, Jr	Co-pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Mohr, Lawrence Charles⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Lynch, John Daniel, Jr⇗	Bombardier	KIA
T/SGT. Van Beveren, John Edward⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Eyre, Charles Harris⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Lenich, Francis Augustus⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Schleuse, Robert Edward⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Teetman, Leo Frank, Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Weaver, Jack Beverly⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 12 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	41‑24578⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back near Molesworth; #3 supercharger defective Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton, with bomb load. Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Co-pilot	42‑31045⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Co-pilot	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37793⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Co-pilot	42‑39962⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑39809⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return 41B Group. Shot down in vigorous attacks by 10-15 Me-109s or a heavy flak barrage between 1230 and 1300 hrs near Münster, Germany; crashed near Oostrum (just east of Venray), The Netherlands. MACR 2467 Sortie Report⇗

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