Donald C Smith DFC RAAF and crew – 576 Squadron – 1944/45 – Aus 424868
Donald Smith ( pictured above ) and his crew were posted to 576 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds from 11 Base on the 29 August 1944
The crew consisted of :-
F/O D C Smith
Sgt K Warner
F/S R G Collins
F/S D K E Anderson
Sgt D K Rowe
Sgt C R G Jones
Sgt S V Lloyd
According to the 576 Squadron ORB the crew appears to have completed their tour unchanged as follows :-
12/09/1944 - Frankfurt - Point of Aim - PD309 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
16/09/1944 - Leeuwarden - Airfield - LM122 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
17/09/1944 - Flushing - Flak positions - LM122 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
20/09/1944 - Calais - Army support - PB432 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
23/09/1944 - Neuss - Point of Aim - PD271 – F/O DC Smith RAAF - Chased by night fighter over target and was unable to bomb.
25/09/1944 - Calais - Army support - ME735 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
26/09/1944 - Cap Griz Nez - Army support - ME735 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
27/09/1944 - Calais - Army support - ME735 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
03/10/1944 - West Kapelle - Army support - LM651 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
05/10/1944 - Saarbrucken - Army support - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
11/10/1944 - Fort Frederik Henrik - Army support - NF976 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
14/10/1944 - Duisburg - Operation Hurricane - LM651 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
14/10/1944 - Duisburg - Operation Hurricane - LM651 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
19/10/1944 - Stuttgart - Point of Aim - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
02/11/1944 - Dusseldorf - Point of Aim - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
04/11/1944 - Bochum - Point of Aim - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
06/11/1944 - Gelsenkirchen - Oil - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
09/11/1944 - Wanne Eikel - Oil - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
11/11/1944 - Dortmund - Oil - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
21/11/1944 - Aschaffenburg - Railway yards - LM294 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
27/11/1944 - Freiburg - Army support - ME801 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
29/11/1944 - Dortmund - Point of Aim - ME801 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
04/12/1944 - Karlsruhe - Point of Aim - NN750 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
06/12/1944 - Leuna - Oil - PA173 – F/O DC Smith RAAF – P/O R S Sowerbutts flew as co pilot
22/12/1944 - Koblenz - Railway yards - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF - Bad weather at Base. Landed at Charterhall
28/12/1944 - Bonn - Railway yards - ME671 - F/O DC Smith RAAF
31/12/1944 - Osterfeld - Railway yards - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF – P/O Young flew as co pilot
05/01/1945 - Royen - Army support - ME671 - F/O DC Smith RAAF
07/01/1945 - Munich - Point of Aim - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
16/01/1945 - Zietz - Oil - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF
22/01/1945 - Duisburg/Hambourn - Oil - ME671 – F/O DC Smith RAAF.
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Donald Smith was awarded a DFC gazetted 17 April 1945
Compiled by David Fell. Photos from my archive
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