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| Name: |
David Esplin Smith |
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| Country: |
Scotland |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
20 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
1899 |
| Place of Birth: |
Dundee, Forfarshire |
| Killed In Action: |
14 August 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium  |
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Serving with 20 Squadron in 1918, Smith scored 6 victories flying the Bristol Figthter. Shot down by Jasta 56 on 14 August 1918, Smith was killed but his observer, John Hills, survived and was captured.
1901 residence, Dundee, Angus. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
09 May 1918 |
1650 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b 1 |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
SW of Merris |
| 2 |
16 Jun 1918 |
1915 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C859) 1 |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
S of Comines |
| 3 |
02 Jul 1918 |
0845 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C859) 2 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
SW of Ypres |
| 4 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0850 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Comines Canal |
| 5 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0850 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) 3 |
Comines Canal |
| 6 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0855 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4672) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
Comines Canal |
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| 1 |
Observer Francis Ralph |
| 2 |
Observer John Hills |
| 3 |
Shared with Horace Lale & 2/Lt Francis Ralph, Lt William Thomson & Sgt JDC Summers |
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