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John (Jack) Edward Smart DFC

Legacy Times WA
2023
Subcollections
People
Military > World War Two
Overview

Four typed pages from a magazine on the military life of John Edward Smart who served with the RAAF in the Second World War

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Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSA2024.310
Item type
Biographies
Material
Paper
Width
20.8000 cm
Height or length
29.7000 cm
Year
2023
Statement of significance

John Edward Smart served in 12th Lancaster Bomber squadron as a pilot in the Second World War. His crew fly thirty five operations together, and only lost one crew member when they filled in for another crew. Lancasters flew 156,000 operations with only one in three crews surviving 30 operations.

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Last modified
Thursday, 28 November, 2024
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/sites/default/files/2024-11/HSA2024.310.pdf
Biography of John Edward Smart
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