Jack Philip Smith
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant Pilot
Parents: Henry (Harry) and Elsie Smith
Home address: Horseshoe Inn, Downend, Bristol
Date of birth: 1920
Date of death: 28/07/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Mangotsfield Downend Cemetery
Age: 19
Further information:
Jack had an older sister Gwendoline and his father worked as a publican dying when Jack was 17. Jack was based at Number 13 Elementary Flying Training School and he died as a result of an accident during training along with Leading Aircraftsman Driscoll when the Tiger Moth II N9450 biplane that they were flying, dived and crashed into the ground at Shiplake Oxfordshire.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://bristolslostpubs.eu/page234.html
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/EFTS.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N9450