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Famed Wartime Pilot Irving “Black” Smith
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Famed Wartime Pilot Irving “Black” Smith

Invercargill born Group Captain Irving Smith, famed for his courage and low-level precision bombing raids during WWII, died on Feb 16.

Irving Smith: May 21 1917 – February 16 2000

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