Smythe, Eddy

Title

Smythe, Eddy
Eddy Smythe
E Smythe

Description

Four items. A photograph and two oral history interviews with Eddy Smythe about his father, John Henry Smythe (1915-1996, 144608 Royal Air Force) who served as a navigator in Bomber Command.

The collection was catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.

Date

2017-08-02

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Smythe, E

Collection Items

John Henry Smythe
Flying Officer John Henry Smythe in dress uniform with navigator's brevet.

Interview with Eddy Smythe. Two
Eddy Smyth’s father was John Smythe. John left Sierra Leone to join the RAF during the Second World War. He was shot down over Germany and spent two years as a prisoner of war. After the war he trained as a barrister and returned to Sierra Leone…

Interview with Eddy Smythe. One
Eddy Smythe’s father, Johnny Smythe was a navigator on a Lancaster. He was originally from Sierra Leonne. On one operation he was injured when anti-aircraft fire damaged the aircraft but they continued to target. One engine had been damaged and so…

Interview with Eddy Smythe. Two
Eddy Smythe reminisces about his father, John Henry Smythe, who was from Sierra Leone and served in Bomber Command during the Second World War. John flew as a navigator until his aircraft was shot down in November 1943. He became a prisoner of war in…
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