Smith Robert K.

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Robert K. Smith is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17G 44-6137 and B-17G 44-6137 Marker

Name:

Robert K. Smith

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

43-38746

Unit:

338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1945-01-29

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Stones River National Cemetery, Tennessee

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Site 6303

Decoration:

Comments:

Robert K. Smith was born on August 25, 1925. He served in the 338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on the B17 #43-38746 aircraft during World War II. On January 29, 1945, while attempting assembly into a bomber stream scheduled to raid the marshalling railway yards at Bielefeld, Germany, his aircraft collided with that of 2Lt. George Peretti. Both aircraft exploded and crashed approximately 1/2 miles southeast of the airdrome. All 18 crew members aboard the 2 aircrafts were killed. SGT Smith is now buried in the Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

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