Flight Lieutenant Albert Smith

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Flight Lieutenant Albert Smith

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Gents,

FYI

Flight Lieutenant Albert Smith

Flight Lieutenant Albert Smith, who has died aged 94, was a navigator awarded an immediate DFC for flying his damaged aircraft back to England after his pilot had been killed by anti-aircraft fire.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... Smith.html

RIP

Steve
No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron 1918-1945
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Re: Flight Lieutenant Albert Smith

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Thank you Steve, another crew member elevated to the big squadron in the sky.
John
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630 Squadron - East Kirkby
" There is nothing glorious about war with the exception of those who served us so valiantly"
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