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John Henry Clavell Smythe was born on 1915 in Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, is an officer. Discover John Henry Clavell Smythe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Age 81 years old
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Born 1915
Birthday 1915
Birthplace Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Date of death 1996 (aged 80–81) - Thame, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died Place Thame, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality Sierra Leone

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2022

Smythe achievements and contributions have been widely recognized in different world war records. In 2022, there was a docudrama made in honor of him in a film entitled Flying For Britain in partnership with the Royal Air Force Museum and National Heritage Fund. Actor Ricardo P Lloyd portrays him in the film.

1948

After the war, Smythe joined the Colonial Office, with responsibility for the welfare of demobilised RAF personnel from Africa and the Caribbean. In 1948 he became the senior Colonial Office official on the Empire Windrush, a captured German troop ship taking former military personnel back to their homes in the Caribbean. On discovering that it would be very hard for the men to find jobs in Jamaica, Smythe consulted the Colonial Office, which agreed that the men should return to Britain. West Indians who settled in Britain from that point became known as the Windrush generation. For his services, Smythe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division (MBE) in the 1951 Birthday Honours. He ended his active service in the RAF in June 1951, transferring to the reserves.

1945

On 14 May 1945, a week after the war ended, Smythe was promoted war-substantive flight lieutenant in the RAFVR, receiving a regular commission as a flight lieutenant in the RAF on 9 May 1947 (seniority from 14 November 1947).

1943

Smythe was one of the few West Africans to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. On 14 May 1943, he received an emergency commission as a pilot officer in the RAFVR, and was promoted war-substantive flying officer six months later. After 26 successful bombing missions which earned him a reputation for being lucky, as the No. 623 Squadron RAF Short Stirling aircraft he flew in were hit several times but always managed to return, he was shot down and spent 18 months as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I camp.

1915

John Henry Clavell Smythe MBE (1915–1996) was a Royal Air Force officer during World War II and a figure in Sierra Leone. He was born a Sierra Leone Creole into the British Empire and served as a navigation officer in the Royal Air Force. He was shot down over Nazi Germany and spent two years as a prisoner of war. After liberation and return to Britain, he played a huge role model to those who role in the beginning of the Windrush Generation. He retrained as a lawyer, returned to his birthplace, and served as Attorney General of Sierra Leone.

Johnny Smythe was born in 1915 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to a Creole family, a grandson of John H. Smythe, American ambassador to Liberia. Johnny Smythe attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School and subsequently worked as a clerk for the city council.