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Portrait of Flying Officer John Allan Smith

Portrait of Flying Officer John Allan Smith

Date1955
Dimensions17.2 x 12.7 cm
Credit LineGift of S. Kevin Henderson, London, on behalf of Gordon B. Smith and family, 2008.
Object number2008.022.045
Label TextThis photograph depicts Flying Officer John Allan Smith (1934-1955). On April 2, 1955, the T-33 jet trainer he was flying crashed near London’s Tweedsmuir Avenue, 500 metres from Smith’s own home. Both Smith and RCAF Flight Cadet William H. Couldridge (1933-1955), from Arva, died. Part of Canada’s early Cold War military, the two young men had enlisted to defend their country and its allies.
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