In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Frederick William Smith

who died on 3 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R139774
  Date of death 19431003
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R139774 Flight Sergeant (No. 90 Squadron RAF air gunner) Frederick William Smith (b.1923) of Saskatoon was KIA 19431003 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, Germany. Smith's Stirling was shot down at Krefeld Bochum during a night raid on Kassel. He was the son of William, a warehouseman, and Nora Prudence (Ridewood) Smith. Frederick was born in the Sandwith district west of Rabbit Lake and educated at Wilson school and Saskatoon Tech before enlisting at Saskatoon late in 1941.

GE Dalton died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Smith Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.0333°N / 107.0833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74J3
  Geo-memorial details North of Mayson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230209
  Place of birth Sandwith    
  Date of enlistment 19411119
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation student
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