The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Harmon Smith Jr. served as navigator aboard the aircraft lost on 7 January 1944 over France during the Ludwigshafen mission. He was listed as MIA in the E&E report crew table. His fate was unknown to the narrators at the time of the report on 25 February 1944.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-801042
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 07 Jan 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 178
07 Jan 1944
Ludwigshafen
“On The Ball”
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Read the records.
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Supports 6 facts
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record