Smith, Linsfield Burks

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Smith, Linsfield Burks ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	37375186 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report and 546th Bomb Squadron April 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 13 April 1943. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 25 April 1943 and 546th Bomb Squadron April 1943 Payroll Roster - 395th Bomb Group, Wendover Field, Utah, effective 13 April 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #75 dated 19 August 1943, effective 19 August 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	3 September 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 3 September 1943 per General Orders #23, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 3 September 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 January 1916
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 743⇓ (17.599 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Jones, Justin Ralph, "Jonesy"⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. McManus, Edward Joseph, "Woody"⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Peters, Harold Dan⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Wolfrom, Charles John, "Bud"⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Reilly, John Vincent⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Shemanski, Aloysius Bruno⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Kuhl, Ernest Earl, "Ernie"⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Leith, Francis (NMI)⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Hitzeroth, Franklin Carl⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Smith, Linsfield Burks	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29914⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
20⇗	3 September 1943	Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29914⇗	Combat Mission Credit Shot down by enemy aircraft; ditched in Channel; MACR 743. Sortie Report⇗

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