Photo: Jack Turton
628540 Flight Sergeant
H. Smith, D.F.M.
Wire Operator / Rear Gunner
Royal Air Force
3rd October 1943 Age 23
In memory of my dear son
Harold
Killed on flying duties
At rest
Son of Albert Verner Smith and Martha Smith. of West Cornforth.
F/Sgt. Smith was serving with 17 O.T.U. He was a crew member of Wellington X HE276 which took off from Silverstone on a night navigation exercise. On return three hours later the aircraft crashed and burst into flames. 6 crew were killed and two were injured. He had previously served with 75 Sqdn. London Gazette 13/9/1940 published details of his award of the D.F.M.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947 W.R. Chorley; 2002; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 132 6
Harold Smith is remembered at Cornforth on C115.03
