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Crew 15

Lieutenant Donald G. Smith

Pilot
89th Reconnaissance Squadron
- First name:
Donald
- Middle name:
Gregory
- Last name:
Smith
- Nickname:
Don
- Rank Doolittle raid:
Lieutenant
- Last rank:
Captain
- Service number:
0-389010
- Date of birth:
15 January 1918
- Place of birth:
Oldham, South Dakota
- Date of death:
12 November 1942
- Place of death:
Plane crash, England
- Place of the cemetery:
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
- Name of the cemetery:
Pine Slope Cemetery

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