NAME

POSITION

AIR-FORCE

COMMENTS

S/L Smith D.P.S. DFC

Pilot

RAAF

Posted to 467 Sq 31.12.43.Evaded and returned Sept.44

Sgt Tabor.K.H.

Engineer

RAF

W/O Purcell.R.W.

Navigator

RAAF

F/S Connolly.L.V.

Navigator

RAAF

Sgt Parker.J.

Bomb Aimer

RAF

F/S Craven.F.G.

Bomb Aimer

?

F/L McCarthy.P.

Bomb Aimer

RAAF

F/S Johnstone.A.D.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

Sgt Hill.E.R.

Gunner MU

RAF

F/S Pate.G.F.

Gunner Tail

RAAF

DATE

TARGET FOR TONIGHT

AIRCRAFT

COMMENTS

14/15.1.44

S/L Smith.D.P. 2nd pilot with F/O Harvey.D.C.

28/29.1.44

Berlin

DV372 PO.F

15/16.2.44

Berlin

EE143 PO.J

19/20.2.44

Leipzig

EE143 PO.J

24/25.2.44

Schweinfurt

EE143 PO.J

1/2.3.44

Stuttgart

EE143 PO.J

9/10.3.44

Marignane

LM475

15/16.3.44

Stuttgart

LM475

18/19.3.44

Frankfurt

LM475

22/23.3.44

Frankfurt

R5485

24/25.3.44

Berlin

LM475

26/27.3.44

Essen

LM475

30/31.3.44

Nurnberg

LM475

11/12.4.44

Aachen

LM475

18/19.4.44

Juvisy

LM475

24/25.4.44

Munich

LM475

28/29.4.44

St Merdard En Jalles

LM475

29/30.4.44

St Merdard En Jalles

LM475

1/2.5.44

Toulouse

LM475

3/4.5.44

Mailly

LM475

6/7.5.44

Sable Sur Sarth

LM475

10/11.5.44

Lille

LM475

Missing.

A400495 Donald Philip Smeed Smith DFC and crew posted to 467 Sq 31.12.43.

Went missing 11.5.44 attacking Juvencourt near Lille on the last op of his 2nd tour and the 51st op he had flown. On 14.9.44 Waddington received the news that S/L Smith had reached safety on 5.9.44 after a long and difficult evasion.

The attack on Juvencourt was the most costly op of the war for Waddington. 463/467 lost 7 A/C in this attack I A/C carried 8 men. 50 men lost in a op that lasted just 190 minutes. Compared to the op to Nuremburg 30.3.44 which is listed as the most costly op for bomber command for the war, 463/467 Sqds lost 3 A/C in a op lasting 543 minutes.