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Squadron Leader WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH

Service Number: 63414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

7 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 February 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 25.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Arthur and Mary Anne Smith, of Wanstead, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 136
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