Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Id card – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of KENNETH SMITH – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of KENNETH SMITH – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of KENNETH SMITH – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of KENNETH SMITH – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of KENNETH SMITH – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Kenneth Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cemetery – Air crew Plot Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands The crew of Lancaster DS 788 was on its operational debut. They were airborne 0003 20Feb44 from Linton-on-Ouse on a mission to Leipzig, Germany. Shot down by a night-fighter from 20,000 feet; the resulting fire destroyed the rudders causing the Lancaster to crash at Kropswolde (Groningen) in the SW outskirts of Sappemeer, Holland. Also killed in the crash were the 19 yr old pilot F/O J.A.Frampton; P/O J.J.Astles; Sgt K.H.Bennett; Sgt K.W.Tindall RAF Two crew members survived: F/O G.W.Reynolds was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.3537 and F.W.C.Robertson evaded. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk)

Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.