Mission: Patrol
Date: 15.09.1940
Unit: No. 1 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Hurricane I
Serial No. P3876
Coded: JX-
Location: Tunbridge Kent.
Pilot: F/O Ross Smither C/1594. R.C.A.F. Age 27. (Killed)
Date: 15.09.1940
Unit: No. 1 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Hurricane I
Serial No. P3876
Coded: JX-
Location: Tunbridge Kent.
Pilot: F/O Ross Smither C/1594. R.C.A.F. Age 27. (Killed)
REASON FOR LOSS:
F/O Ross Smither (Operation Picture Me)
Took off from RAF Northholt in Hurricane I. P3876 No.1 Sqdn for a combat patrol. Shot down by Me109 over Tunbridge Kent, England at 1210hrs.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Ross Smither. C/1594. R.C.A.F. Age 27.
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking Borough, Surrey, England. Plot 3. Row H. Grave1.
Page constructed by David King and Alexander David King. Other picture credits Picture Me, C.W.G.C. and I.W.M.
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking Borough, Surrey, England. Plot 3. Row H. Grave1.
Page constructed by David King and Alexander David King. Other picture credits Picture Me, C.W.G.C. and I.W.M.