Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 35590. (Air Gunner)
Medals: 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Place of Death: Weyersheim, Bas-Rhin, France.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LR299; Place - Weyersheim, France; Date - 29 July 1944.
Shot down by a Night Fighter near Weyersheim 9 Miles Northeast of Strasbourg during a raid on Stuttgart, 2 Crew Survived and were captured.
The crew members of Lancaster LR299 were;
SMITH, Stephen Allen - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 35590
McGIBBON R – (Flying Officer); Service Number – J20908
BROWN, Ronald William – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 417454 RAAF
NORTHCOTE F D R – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1807029
McSTAY, Robert James L – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 426661 RAAF (POW)
Date of Discharge 09 Nov 1945.
WEEKES, Richard – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 437606 RAAF
BARROWS S W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 1580618
Stephen Allen Smith's name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Stephen and Annie Smith, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 35590. (Air Gunner)
Medals: 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Place of Death: Weyersheim, Bas-Rhin, France.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LR299; Place - Weyersheim, France; Date - 29 July 1944.
Shot down by a Night Fighter near Weyersheim 9 Miles Northeast of Strasbourg during a raid on Stuttgart, 2 Crew Survived and were captured.
The crew members of Lancaster LR299 were;
SMITH, Stephen Allen - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 35590
McGIBBON R – (Flying Officer); Service Number – J20908
BROWN, Ronald William – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 417454 RAAF
NORTHCOTE F D R – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1807029
McSTAY, Robert James L – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 426661 RAAF (POW)
Date of Discharge 09 Nov 1945.
WEEKES, Richard – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 437606 RAAF
BARROWS S W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – 1580618
Stephen Allen Smith's name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Stephen and Annie Smith, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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