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Studio portrait of 416798 Sergeant (Sgt) Mervin John (Merv) Smart, 466 Squadron RAAF. Sgt Smart, of Brighton, South Australia, enlisted with the RAAF in September 1941 and sailed to England in August 1942. He was the was promoted to Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) before he was killed during operations on 31 August 1943 when the aircraft of which he was the pilot, Wellington HZ531, was involved in a collision. HZ531 had taken off with 14 other aircraft of the 466 Squadron from RAF Leconfield to carry out a bombing attack on Munchen-Gladbach, Germany. HZ531 and another aircraft, LN292, failed to return after a collision en route to the target. HZ531 crashed at Howden, England killing all on board. Flt Sgt Smart was 21 years old.
416798 Sergeant (Sgt) Mervin John (Merv) Smart, 466 Squadron RAAF, sits on a windowsill while writing a letter. Sgt Smart, of Brighton, South Australia, enlisted with the RAAF in September 1941 and sa
416798 Aircraftman (AC) Mervin John (Merv) Smart, 466 Squadron RAAF, of Brighton, South Australia, leans on his plane after his first solo flight. AC Smart enlisted with the RAAF in September 1941 and
A flight crew of 466 Squadron RAAF stand outside a Nissen hut. Back row, from left to right: 407349 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Newton Hasalby Fuss (Navigator); 416798 Flt Sgt Mervin John (Merv) Smart (
410436 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Edwin Henry Berry, 466 Squadron RAAF, of Northcote, Victoria. Flt Sgt Berry was the Wireless Operator Air Gunner in a five man crew who were killed in operations on 31
420353 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James Barber (Jim) McLachlan, 466 Squadron RAAF, a farmer from West Wyalong, New South Wales, sits with Doris Nash at Wyalong during Jim's final leave. Flt Sgt McLachl
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416798 Flight Sergeant Mervin John 'Merv' Smart, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wallet 1