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Revis Leonard Smith
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
T-121955
Unit:
562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
New York
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Bombardier of the B-24 Liberator “Blunder Bus” which took off from Norfolk at 0800 as part of 420 American bombers determined to destroy the FG Farben chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plane was shot down by Fw190 of the JG2 over Chateauneuf sur Loire between 1300 and 1330. SSgt Dillon perished in the crash, but the remaining crew were able to bail out. SSGT Smith, born November 8, 1921 in Malone, NY, landed with his parachute near Artenay and then made his way through Burgundy, the Pyrenees, and Spain to Gibraltar. He made it back to the UK on May 25, 1944—the only crew member to make it back without being captured.