Bill Smith and his Crew Chief Clifford Stull with Smith's Weary Willie HL*L
San Severo, Italy 1944
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The Individual Flight Record of Lt William F. Smith
308th FS, 31st FG
July/August 1944
September 1944
October 1944
November 1944
December 1944
February 1945
March 1945
April 1945
| Mission No. | Place | Date | Time |
| 1 | Ploesti, Romania -308th engaged 16 109s. Goebles downed 3, Molland downed 1 | 18 August 44 | 5:45 |
| 2 | Ploesti, Romania -no opposition | 19 August 44 | 5:15 |
| 3 | Bucharest, Romania -Romania had surrendered, cover 47th Bomb Wing -Walker assigned to the 308th | 26 August 44 | 5:15 |
| 4 | Blechammer, Germany - 5th Bomb Wing, 31st never saw attackers | 27 August 44 | 5:20 |
| 5 | Mossbierbaum, Austria -308th encounters 33 enemy fighters -308th downs 5: Goebels 109, Goehausen 190, Lt Smith 190, Davis 109, Skelton 109 -Bill Smith was flying Skelton's wing and witnessed Skelton's victory from close range -Lt Jones MIA | 28 August 44 | 4:30 |
| 6 | Debreczen, Hungary -B-24s 304th Bomb Wing, no enemy encountered | 1 September 44 | 5:30 |
| 7 | Bucharest, Romania -escort 3 B17s & C-47 landing at Popiesti airfield | 3 September 44 | 5:45 |
| 8 | Athens, Greece -target cover over Athens, no action | 15 September 44 | 5:15 |
| 9 | Budapest, Hungary -escort B-24s of the 47th & 55th Bomb Wings bombing Farencros yards, no opposition | 17 September 44 | 5:00 |
| 10 | Czob, Hungary -uneventful mission escorting B-24s of 47th BW, no opposition | 18 September 44 | 4:25 |
| 11 | Regensburg, Germany -escort SAAF Mosquito, Lt Hargrove belly landed | 19 September 44 | 4:20 |
| 12 | Bekescaba M/Y, Hungary -Abort due to weather | 21 September 44 | 3:45 |
| 13 | Munich, Germany -escort Mosquito, abort due to weather -Voll downs Macchi 202 returning to base alone | 23 September 44 | 3:00 |
| 14 | Munich, Germany -escort P-38 Photo Recon | 4 October 44 | 4:10 |
| 15 | Vienna, Austria -escort B-24s of the 304th BW to Winterhaven Oil Depot, no opposition | 7 October 44 | 4:20 |
| 16 | Gyor, Hungary -strafing mission: Lt Corp killed, 4 other P-51s damaged by flak -Lts Skelton & Werden each down a SM 79 -15 locomotives, 2 motor transports, 22 oil cars and 2 box cars destroyed -Bill Smith's armourer kids him about having to remove birds nest from wing as a result of hitting tree while strafing box cars | 13 October 44 | 4:00 |
| 17 | Blechammer, Germany | 14 October 44 | 6:00 |
| 18 | Brux, Germany -308th lands at Lesina | 16 October 44 | 5:05 |
| 19 | Brux, Germany -Voll downs 3, Skelton downs Ju-88 | 17 October 44 | 5:45 |
| 20 | Brux, Germany -escort PTW for B-17s from the 5th BW, no opposition -Lt Karst killed when Mustang went in | 20 October 44 | 5:35 |
| 21 | Pilzen, Czech. -escort 5th BW, no opposition | 23 October 44 | 5:20 |
| 22 | Munich, Germany -mosquito escort | 17 November 44 | 4:30 |
| 23 | Udine, Italy -escort B-24s of the 47th & 55th BWs -2 enemy seen taking off | 18 November 44 | 4:10 |
| 24 | Gyor, Hungary -Group strafing mission, Captain Marquis crash landed | 19 November 44 | 4:30 |
| 25 | Blechammer, Germany -escort B-24s from the 304th BW | 20 November 44 | 5:15 |
| 26 | Munich, Germany -Target Withdrawal cover for B-24s of the 340th BW, no opposition | 22 November 44 | 5:10 |
| 27 | Brux, Germany -PTW for B-17s from the 5th BW, diverted to Regensburg, no opposition -H-111 lands at San Severo | 9 December 44 | 5:00 |
| 28 | Brux, Germany -B-24s from the 304th BW divert to Regensburg, no opposition | 20 December 44 | 5:35 |
| 29 | Wels, Austria -escort B-24s, routine & uneventful | 25 December 44 | 5:00 |
| 30 | Osweicim, Poland -escort B-24s from the 304th & 49th BWs -Lt McGlauflin downs JU-88 | 26 December 44 | 5:35 |
| 31 | Graz, Austria -escort B-24s from the 304th BW, no opposition | 27 December 44 | 4:10 |
| 32 | Stuggart, Germany -escort F5 photo Recon | 15 February 45 | 5:10 |
| 33 | Vienna, Austria -escort 5th BW | 20 February 45 | 4:50 |
| 34 | Amstetten, Austria -escort 5th & 304th BWs | 23 February 45 | 5:15 |
| 35 | Linz, Austria -escort 49th & 55th BWs | 25 February 45 | 5:00 |
| 36 | Augsburg, Germany -escort 55th Bomb Wing to rail targets, no enemy sighted | 27 February 45 | 5:10 |
| 37 | Padova, Germany -escort 47th BW, no enemy air activity | 2 March 45 | 3:50 |
| 38 | Maribor-Zagrib, Yugo. strafing mission, 308th sent 24 planes, bad weather hampered plans | 9 March 45 | 3:05 |
| 39 | Linz, Austria -strafing mission. Lt Cater bailed 8 minutes from base but was lost | 12 March 45 | 3:20 |
| 40 | Yppo-Linz, Austria -strafing mission, Lt Carlton bellied in, Lt Harris lost -Bill Smith led 308th on this mission. | 16 March 45 | 3:05 |
| 41 | St. Polten, Austria -escort 49th Bomb Wing, no action | 2 April 45 | 3:55 |
| 42 | Munich-Pilzen-Linz -strafing mission, 13 locomotives and 2 motor transports destroyed | 4 April 45 | 4:50 |
| 43 | Ora, Italy -escort 304th and 55th BWs to marshalling yards | 5 April 45 | 2:20 |
| 44 | Brescia, Italy -escort 49th BW attacking the Breda Ammunition Plant -Masteller's Plane hit by flak | 6 April 45 | 4:00 |
| 45 | Campodazzo, Italy -escort 55th Bomb Wing | 7 April 45 | 3:15 |
| 46 | Torreberetti, Italy -escort C-47s | 9 April 45 | 2:50 |
| 47 | Zavozolla, Italy Escort B-25 of the 12th AF | 10 April 45 | 2:30 |
| 48 | Zavozolla, Italy Escort B-25s and B-26s | 10 April 45 | 2:35 |
| 49 | Linz, Austria -F5 escort | 11 April 45 | 4:00 |
| 50 | Padua, Italy -escort 5th Bomb Wing | 12 April 45 | 3:40 |
