Name:
Blythe R. Smyth
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
13034948
Unit:
406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1945-01-03
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Kendrick Cemetery, Rosedale, Virginia
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Blythe R. Smyth was born on December 16, 1912, in Russell County, Virginia. He was the son of Blythe Deems Smythe and Mary Douglas Howard Smythe.
Blythe served in the 406th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Engineer/Gunner on the B-24 #42-52650 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on January 3, 1945, in the takeoff crash of his airplane. It crashed in the village on Aston Clinton in England, killing all aboard. Sgt Smyth is now buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, Rosedale, Russell County, Virginia, USA.