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Group Captain Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith, DSO & Bar, DFC & Two Bars, AE (28 May 1914 – 11 December 1996) was a Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War. He was the father of Iain Duncan Smith (Member of Parliament and former Leader of the Conservative Party).
Wing Commander W G G Duncan-Smith, Wing Commander Flying, No. 244 Wing RAF, with "Bonzo", a bulldog mascot of one of the squadrons of the Wing, standing by his personal communications aircraft, a commandeered Italian Saiman 202, at Tortorella, Italy.
Home. Persons. Duncan-Smith, Wilfrid George Gerald. Date of birth: May 28th, 1914 (Madras/Tamil Nadu, India) Date of death: December 1st, 1996. Service number: 85684. Nationality: British (1801-present, Kingdom) Biography. Wilfred Duncan Smith was send to England at the age of 8 to go to school.
Group Captain Duncan Smith flew and fought in front-line operations continuously from the Battle of Britain through the struggle for Malta, the invasion of Italy and the liberation of France. Click here for artwork signed by this Ace!
In 1943 Duncan-Smith accepted the command of a fighter Wing based on Malta just in time to cover the Allied landings on Sicily. Duncan-Smith went on to command the 244th Wing before being promoted to Group Captain as commander of the 324th Wing covering the advance through Italy and the liberation of Southern France.
29 mar 2022 · Group Captain Duncan Smith flew and fought in front-line operations continuously through World War Two from start to finish. This account presents his dramatic story of the air war from the cockpit of the now legendary Supermarine Spitfire. Includes index. London: John Murray, 1981. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2022-03-29 00:12:48.
Duncan Smith was given his mother's maiden name (Duncan) as a middle name—a fairly conventional practice of the Edwardian period—but his father's name was "Smith", not "Duncan Smith" and, in Second World War RAF records, Duncan Smith himself is always listed as W. G. G. D. Smith, not W.G.G. Duncan Smith.
