Gilman Smith

Personal Information

Birthplace: Durham, KS

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army Air Corps

Unit: 653rd Bombardment Squadron

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Sep 3, 1942

Discharged: Oct 20, 1945

Honored By: Daughters: Cindy Warren, Connie Corcoran, Cathy Ahlstedt

Biography

Dad joined the Army at Ft Leavenworth, KS. He was stationed at the following military installations: Sheppard Airfield, Wichita Falls, TX; Lockheed Air School, Burbank, Ca; Atlantic City, NJ; Standish, ME; Boston, MA; 50th Fighter Group, Iceland and England. The picture of SSgt Gilman R. Smith, was taken in 1944 at an Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance Station in England were he was an airplane mechanic. He repaired and maintained twin-engine mosquitoes; aircraft that flew lone and unarmed weather and photographic reconnaissance missions over the continent.