Regno Unito - Etichetta KIA GRS americana della Seconda Guerra Mondiale British RAF No. 105 Squadron 1945 - Accessori militari - 1945

Extremely rare and historical WWII american temporary cemetery grave tag to an british airman who served in the No. 105 Bomber Squadron of the Royal Air Force flying a de Havilland Mosquito and was KIA on January 28, 1945

Once the soldiers were given a permanent resting place, these temporary GRS ( graves registration service ) tags were discarded.


Pilot : George Lowson Smith nicknamed Mc Hardy
Aircraft de Havilland Mosquito IX
Serial Number ML923
Markings GB-Z
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Choloy War Cemetery
Grave Reference 2. C. 6.
Epitaph BUT OF ETERNITY THE VALIANT SOUL
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 209
Enlistment Information
Service Number 138688
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 8
Squadron 105

On this day the mission was Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills.


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