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229581

Sgt. Sidney John Smith

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn.

from:Armadale

(d.15th September 1943)

Halifax JN910 NF-K, 138 Squadron, crashed in the Baltic Sea near Rugenwalde, during operation Flat 12, Poland, 14th/15th September 1943. Only the pilot Sgt A.S.Dove survived. The aircraft was returning from an SOE mission and was hit by flak. The seven crew members who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

The members of the crew were:

  • F/O E.C. Hart
  • Sgt A.S. Dove
  • Sgt K.C. Windsor
  • F/O J.D.L. Cloutier
  • Sgt K.R. Norie
  • Sgt L.C. Gay
  • Sgt S.J. Smith
  • Sgt W.H. Mudge



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