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Title: Spitfire ace & plane wreck found
Post by: DREDIOCK on December 07, 2010, 11:07:02 PM: Dont know if this has been posted before

Riddle of missing Spitfire ace shot down after D-Day is solved
For 66 years, the brave young Spitfire pilot’s final resting place had been a mystery.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Lacy Smith was shot down by the Germans five days after D-Day on a mission supporting the Allied invasion in Normandy.

His last radio message to comrades was: ‘I’m going to put this thing down in a field.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/08/article-1327575-0BF2E7A5000005DC-298_634x491.jpg)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327575/Missing-Spitfire-ace-shot-D-Day-Normandy-estuary.html?ITO=1490
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Post by: skribetm on December 07, 2010, 11:28:40 PM: RIP Flt.Lt. Smith :salute
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Post by: Guppy35 on December 08, 2010, 01:51:46 AM: That was a while back. Had me thinking there was another Spit found!

Interesting they quoted the letter from his CO of 453 Don Smith. He flew Spit XIIs with 41 Squadron for a long time and took over 453 RAAF in May of 44 not too long prior to the invasion.

It is amazing how the wrecks continue to reappear. I'm glad that the pilot will finally return home.
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Post by: Maverick on December 08, 2010, 12:32:13 PM: RIP Lt. Smith. :salute
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Post by: SWkiljoy on December 08, 2010, 12:41:04 PM: thanks for the post, great info. :salute
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Post by: 007Rusty on December 08, 2010, 02:36:26 PM: :salute
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Post by: IrishOne on December 08, 2010, 03:32:21 PM: :salute cool post
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Post by: fbWldcat on December 08, 2010, 03:41:17 PM: Just wondering, what makes the spitfire different from the F4U that can't be raised because it is technically a war grave? Did he go down with the plane?

:salute :salute :salute
Title: Re: Spitfire ace & plane wreck found
Post by: DEECONX on December 08, 2010, 04:57:02 PM: :salute
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Post by: Tyrannis on December 08, 2010, 06:23:04 PM: Quote from: fbWldcat on December 08, 2010, 03:41:17 PM
Just wondering, what makes the spitfire different from the F4U that can't be raised because it is technically a war grave? Did he go down with the plane?

:salute :salute :salute

it might be because he's Australian, not British. and the wreck was in france, not britain. different policies (i hope your talking about the f4u's crashed in the british lake, cus thats what im thinking of lol)
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Post by: fbWldcat on December 08, 2010, 06:37:34 PM: yeah, that is :salute
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Post by: Pigslilspaz on December 08, 2010, 08:22:59 PM: :salute
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Post by: expat on December 09, 2010, 02:17:07 AM: perhaps they had permission from his relatives .....
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Post by: bozon on December 09, 2010, 06:25:21 AM: No wonder this spit went down. It is even a wonder that it got into the air with the engine looking like that.
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Post by: Charge on December 09, 2010, 08:29:30 AM: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=5247700&I=1&SE=1

-C+