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Name: David Esplin Smith
David Esplin Smith
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 Killed In Action
Place of Death:  
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Image
 
 
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.
 
Victories
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
1 Observer Francis Ralph
2 Observer John Hills
3 Shared with Horace Lale & 2Lt Francis Ralph, Lt William Thomson & Sgt J D C Summers
 
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