In memory of

Pilot Officer

Lloyd Henry Smith

who died on 31 Mar 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number C18975
  Date of death 19440331
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  C18975 Pilot Officer (No. 427 Lion Squadron RCAF air gunner) Lloyd Henry Smith (b.1919) of Sturgis was KIA 19440331 and is buried at Hotton war cemetery, Luxembourg, Belgium. Smith's Halifax was in a midair collision with a Lancaster during a night raid on Nuremberg. It was his 15th sortie. He was the son of William and Mabel Ellen (Gillespie) Smith who homesteaded SW34-33-4-W2 near the Hassan siding. Lloyd was born at Canora, attended Kopje and Sturgis schools and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.

WE Soeder died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 304 - Buchanan
  Cemetery or memorial location Hotton war cemetery, Luxembourg, Belgium    

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  Honour roll location(s) Sturgis
  Geo-memorial Lloydsmith Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.9667°N / 106.75°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G15
  Geo-memorial details See the other LH Smith.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190901
  Place of birth Canora    
  Date of enlistment 19410521
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Sturgis    
  Occupation farmer
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