Date of birth:

August 21st, 1913 (Timaru, New Zealand)

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1943 (Amsterdam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves New Eastern Cemetery Amsterdam
Plot: 69. Row: C. Grave: 9.

Service number:

415563

Nationality:

New Zealander

Sergeant, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, RNZAF, No. 487 Squadron RAF (NZ). Shot down at the age of 29 by a German fighter during a mission to bomb the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. The aircraft, a Lockheed Ventura, crashed into a block of houses at Van Bossestraat 30-34 in Amsterdam.

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• Photo 1: Auckland Museum
• Photo 2: Arjo Eijgelsheim
• - Sergeant Cyril Richard Smith | War Casualty Details 2619708 | CWGC
  - https://aircrewremembered.com/mcgowan-stuart.html - https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C26185?n=cyril+smith&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=11

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