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Flt.Sgt. Henry Keith Smith
Royal Air Force 101st Sqd.
from:Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia
(d.25-26 June 1943)
Henry Keith Smith was trained at Port Augusta in South Australia before moving to UK to be a rear gunner in 101st Squadron. On his 7th mission from Ludford Magna, he was shot(?) down over Germany. His plane was SR-Y LM318 and had:
Crew:
RAF Sgt G Hay, Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sgt W A Bush, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt F MacLeay, (Navigator)
RAAF 409241 Flt Sgt H K Smith, (Air Bomber)
RAF Sgt B L Scott, (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAAF 416674 Flt Sgt F L I Hill, (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sgt T D Millns, (Rear Gunner)
The aircraft crashed at Ermen,4kms SSE of Ludwigshafen, a large town north of the Ruhr, Germany. All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Rheichswald Forest War Cemetery, Locality Kleve, Noordhein-Westfalen, Germany. The cemetery is 5kms south west of Kleve.