SMITH, Frederick Cecil
Plane was a Vultee Vengeance 27-246 which crashed on a meteoroligcal flight diving into a low hill one mile east of of the RAAF airfield at Pearce W.A. F/Off Leslie Chester Master Garling, pilot, and Sgt Frederick Cecil Smith, Observer were both killed.
Last Name
SMITH
Given Names
Frederick Cecil
Service Number
38259
Date of Birth
30/05/1912
Birth Location
Northam W.A.
Enlistment Date
20/03/1941
Enlistment Location
Perth
1Wags Start Date
30/04/1942
Course Details
WAGS Course 25
Intake Date
30/04/1942
Finish Date
19/10/1942
To
2 AOS
Kill Date or Discharge Date
19/09/1943 (Killed)
Discharge Unit
25 SQN
Rank
Pilot Officer
Operations
Flying accident Pearce, Western Australia.
Date of Death
19/09/1943
Age
31
Cemetery / Memorial
Perth War Cemetery and Annex W.A
Notes
Plane was a Vultee Vengeance 27-246 which crashed on a meteoroligcal flight diving into a low hill one mile east of of the RAAF airfield at Pearce W.A. F/Off Leslie Chester Master Garling, pilot, and Sgt Frederick Cecil Smith, Observer were both killed.
Posting on Death
25 Squadron
NAA Status
OPEN
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