In memory of

Pilot Officer

George Edward Smith

who died on 7 Dec 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J95481
  Date of death 19441207
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J95481 Pilot Officer (No. 419 Moose Squadron RCAF bomb aimer) George Edward Smith (b.1923) of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was KIA 19441207 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Smith's Lancaster was missing after a raid on Osnabruk, having encountered severe icing. He was the son of Henry Melvin, a CPR superintendent, and Catherine Pauline (Quinlan) Smith of Regina. George was born at Fort Macleod, Alberta, educated at Moose Jaw (St. Agnes school and Central collegiate) and was an apprentice machinist for the CPR at Winnipeg for a year before enlisting there in 1942. His brother Paul was a major with the Lake Superior Regiment overseas.

GR Cheesman died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 161 - Moose Jaw
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Smith Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.3167°N / 107.75°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74J5
  Geo-memorial details South of Snare Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230708
  Place of birth Fort Macleod, Alberta    
  Date of enlistment 19420815
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Occupation railwayman
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