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Robert Leslie Smith
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
39 FTR INTCP SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
December 14, 1951
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First Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang fighter bomber with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On December 14, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire. Oil splattered on his windshield and he jettisoned his canopy. He was not able to eject before his aircraft crashed and burned. He was presumed dead on November 25, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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