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Jacques Lameloise

Jacques Lameloise (born 6 April 1947) is a French chef who was the chef de cuisine at the French restaurant Maison Lameloise (usually known as Lameloise) in Chagny from 1979 until 2008.
Lameloise
The restaurant has a three-star Michelin rating. The cuisine is based on the local cuisine of Burgundy.
Lameloise was the third generation chef to run the restaurant. His grandfather Pierre received a second Michelin star in 1931. His father Jean ran the restaurant from 1944 to 1971 when Jacques took over. In 1979 the restaurant received the third Michelin star (at that time he was the youngest chef with three Michelin stars).
Since 2008 the restaurant is run by Éric Pras.
Lameloise is a graduate of École Supérieure de Cuisine Française (ESCF) - Ferrandi.
References
External links
Official site
Living people
1947 births
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
WEAP

WEAP (the Water Evaluation and Planning system) is a model-building tool for water resource planning and policy analysis that is distributed at no charge to non-profit, academic, and governmental organizations in developing countries.
WEAP can be used to create simulations of water demand, supply, runoff, evapotranspiration, water allocation, infiltration, crop irrigation requirements, instream flow requirements, ecosystem services, groundwater and surface storage, reservoir operations, pollution generation, treatment, discharge, and instream water quality. The simulations can be created under scenarios of varying policy, hydrology, climate, land use, technology, and socio-economic factors. WEAP links to the USGS MODFLOW groundwater flow model and the US EPA QUAL2K surface water quality model.
WEAP was created in 1988 and continues to be developed and supported by the U.S. Center of the Stockholm Environment Institute, a non-profit research institute based at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts. It is used for climate change vulnerability studies and adaptation planning and has been applied by researchers and planners in thousands of organizations worldwide.
Establishing the ‘current accounts’ and building scenarios and evaluating the scenarios about criteria are the main WEAP applications in Simulation problems.
References
Sieber, J., WEAP History and Credits, WEAP Website, accessed August 14, 2020.
Matchett, E., et al., "A Framework for Modeling Anthropogenic Impacts on Waterbird Habitats: Addressing future uncertainty in conservation planning," USGS Report, pp. 1–40 February 2015.
Sánchez-Torres Esqueda, G., et al., "Vulnerability of water resources to climate change scenarios. Impacts on the irrigation districts in the Guayalejo-Tamesí river basin, Tamaulipas, México," Atmósfera, 24 (2011), pp. 141–155, January 2011.
Purkey, D., et al., "Robust analysis of future climate change impacts on water for agriculture and other sectors: a case study in the Sacramento Valley," Climatic Change, (87) 2008, pp 109–122 March 2008.
Purkey, D., et al., "Integrating a Climate Change Assessment Tool into Stakeholder-Driven Water Management Decision-Making Processes in California," Water Resources Management, 21 (2007), pp. 315–329 January 2007.
Vogel, R., et al., "Relations Among Storage, Yield and Instream Flow," Water Resources Research, 43 (2007), W05403 May 2007.
Yates, D., et al., "WEAP21: A Demand-, Priority-, and Preference-Driven Water Planning Model, Parts 1: Model Characteristics", Water International, 30(487-500) December 2005.
Lévite, H., Sally, H., Cour, J., "Water demand management scenarios in a water-stressed basin in South Africa: application of the WEAP model," Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 28 (2003) pp. 779–786 2003.
External links
Stockholm Environment Institute-U.S. Center
Main SEI website
Tufts University
Integrated hydrologic modelling
Hydrology
Hydrology models
Environmental engineering
Physical geography
Scientific simulation software
ماتاغلبا

ماتاغلبا هي مدينة تتبع إدارة ماتاغلبا . بلغ عدد سكانها 150000 نسمة في 2010 . تبلغ مساحتها 675 كيلومتر مربع . ورمزها البريدي هو 61000.
مدن توأم
المدن التوأم:
تلبرغ
وبرتال
غينزفيل، فلوريدا
أولو.
أعلام
بارتولومي مارتينيز
مارينا جاكوبي
مراجع
أماكن مأهولة أسست في 1554
أماكن مأهولة في نيكاراغوا
بلديات إدارة ماتاغالبا
تأسيسات سنة 1554 في الإمبراطورية الإسبانية
Lara Barbieri

Lara Barbieri (born 2 February 1986 in Sassuolo) is an Italian football midfielder, currently playing for Sassuolo in Italy's Serie A.
Biography
Barbieri has also played for Reggiana, Riviera di Romagna, Napoli and Michigan Phoenix in the United States' WPSL. She won the Italian Women's Cup in 2010, playing all the matches.
Titles
Italian Women's Cup: 2010
Appearances and goals
Updated on 27 February 2014.
References
1986 births
Living people
Italian women's footballers
A.S.D. Reggiana Calcio Femminile players
Serie A (women's football) players
Women's association football midfielders
US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players
ASD Calcio Chiasiellis players
SSD Napoli Femminile players
People from Sassuolo
Roma CF players
Footballers from the Province of Modena
Aghcheh Kand

Aghcheh Kand (also Romanized as Āghcheh Kand; also known as Āqcheh Kand) is a village in Abarghan Rural District, in the Central District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 174, in 35 families.
References
Populated places in Sarab County
داربي الجنوبية (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة)

داربي الجنوبية (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة)
داربي الجنوبية هي إحدى الدوائر الانتخابية في المملكة المتحدة الممثلة في مجلس العموم في برلمان المملكة المتحدة.
عضو البرلمان الذي يمثلها حالياً هو :Rt Hon Margaret Beckett (Lab).
مراجع
دوائر انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة
سياسة ديربي
دوائر انتخابية في برلمان المملكة المتحدة أسست في 1950
تموز

تموز
تَـمُّوز هو الشهر السابع (7) من شهور السنة الميلادية حسب الأسماء السريانية المستعملة في المشرق العربي. يقابله في التسمية الغربية شهر يوليو أو يوليوز أو جويليه. أصل الاسم تَـمُّوز نسبة للاله تَـمُّوز إله الخصب عند البابليين، ويُستعمل تموز في العراق في التقويم الزراعي أيضاً.
عند العرب
قال الأَزهري: العرب تقول: السنة أَربعة أَزمان، ولكل زمن منها ثلاثة أَشهر، وهي فصول السنة: منها فصل الصيف وهو فصلُ ربيع الكَلإِ آذارُ ونَيْسانُ وأَيّارُ، ثم بعده فصل القيظ حَزِيرانُ وتَموزُ وآب، ثم بعده فصل الخريف أَيْلُولُ وتَشْرِين وتَشْرين، ثم بعده فصل الشتاء كانُونُ وكانونُ وسُباطُ.
في الشعر
يقول الشاعر:
في التراث الشعبي
ارتبط تَـمُّوز بالتراث والحكايا الشعبية والأمثال في المشرق العربي. من الأمثال الشهيرة المتداولة حول تَـمُّوز:
في تموز بتغلي المية في الكوز
في تموز بيصير الصبر قد الكوز
في تموز يستوي الكوز
تموز بعصر الكوز
تموز عصار الخشب
تسميات وأحداث مرتبطة بهذا الشهر
تموز (أسطورة)
حركة تموز 1958
مفاعل تموز
حرب تموز
المراجع
تقويم
شهور
شهور سريانية
كامبو دي لاس ناسيونيس (محطة مترو أنفاق مدريد)

كامبو دي لاس ناسيونيس (محطة مترو أنفاق مدريد)
كامبو دي لاس ناسيونيس هي محطة مترو أنفاق في مدريد في إسبانيا، تقع على الخط رقم 8.
مراجع
تأسيسات سنة 1998 في إسبانيا
محطات السكك الحديدية افتتحت في 1998
محطات مترو مدريد
محطات السكك الحديدية في إسبانيا افتتحت في 1998
شعب خريف (القفر)

شعب خريف (القفر)
شعب خريف محلة تابعة لقرية قرينة، التابعة لعزلة النخلة بمديرية القفر إحدى مديريات محافظة إب في الجمهورية اليمنية، بلغ تعداد سكانها 32 حسب تعداد اليمن لعام 2004.
مراجع وروابط خارجية
المركز الوطني للمعلومات باليمن
شعب خريف
بريكدانس (ألعاب الملاهي)

بريكدانس (ألعاب الملاهي)
بريكدانس وتعرف أيضاً باسم كرايزي دانس هي لعبة ترفيه تم اختراعها في سنة 1985 في مدينة ملاهي هوس في بريمن في ألمانيا وسرعان ما إنتشرت هذه اللعبة في العالم. تتميز هذه اللعبة بصعود ونزول المركبات السريع على إيقاعات الموسيقى.
مراجع
ألعاب الملاهي
ألعاب ملاهي اخترعت في 1985
استحداثات 1985
Issaguen

Issaguen (Berber: ⵉⵙⴻⴳⵡⵏ) is a town in Al Hoceïma Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 1638.
References
Populated places in Al Hoceïma Province
Rural communes of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
David Johnson (Michigan jurist)

David Johnson (Michigan jurist)
David Johnson (October 20, 1809 – April 28, 1886) was an American jurist, legislator, and lawyer.
Born in Sangerfield, New York, Johnson studied law in New York and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1838, Johnson settled in Jackson, Michigan and continued to practice law. He served as school inspector and district attorney. From 1846 to 1850, Johnson served as Jackson County, Michigan circuit court judge and was a Democrat. In 1845 and 1847, Johnson served in the Michigan House of Representatives. From 1852 to 1857, Johnson served on the Michigan Supreme Court. In 1864, Johnson was defeated in a Congressional election race. Johnson continued to practice law. Johnson died at his house in Jackson, Michigan.
Notes
1809 births
1886 deaths
Politicians from Jackson, Michigan
People from Oneida County, New York
Michigan lawyers
New York (state) lawyers
Michigan state court judges
Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges
19th-century American lawyers
W9 (nuclear warhead)

W9 (nuclear warhead)
The W9 was an American nuclear artillery shell fired from a special howitzer. It was produced starting in 1952 and all were retired by 1957, being superseded by the W19.
Description
The W9 was in diameter, long, and weighed . It had an explosive yield of .
The W9 was a gun-type nuclear weapon, using around of highly enriched uranium in one large rings assembly and one smaller bullet, which was fired down a tube by conventional explosives into the rings assembly to achieve critical mass and detonate the weapon.
The W9 units which were retired in 1957 were recycled into lower yield T-4 Atomic Demolition Munitions. These were the first (semi) man-portable nuclear weapons.
Tests
The W9 is only the second gun-type nuclear weapon known to have been detonated; the first was the Little Boy nuclear weapon used in World War II.
The W9 artillery shell was test fired once, fired from the "Atomic Annie" M65 Atomic Cannon, in Upshot-Knothole Grable on May 25, 1953 at the NTS. Yield was the expected 15 kilotons.
Subsequently, the W33 nuclear artillery shell was test fired twice (not in a gun) during its development (shots Nougat/Aardvark and Plumbbob/Laplace). These four detonations are the only identified gun-type bomb detonations.
See also
Nuclear artillery
List of nuclear weapons
External links
Allbombs.html list of all US nuclear weapons models at nuclearweaponarchive.org
W09
W09
Nuclear artillery
Military equipment introduced in the 1950s
Ghada Aoun

Ghada Aoun (Arabic: غادة عون) is a Lebanese judge and Mount Lebanon state prosecutor. While some see her as a prominent and incorruptible prosecutor, others accuse her of bias towards the Free Patriotic Movement.
Cases
Charges against Imad Osman for corruption
In 2019, Aoun sued the Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director Imad Osman, General Hussein Saleh as well as other officers on charges of corruption, in relation to their role in impeding her investigation of wasted subsidized dollars.
Charges against Najib Mikati for illegitimate gains
Former PM Najib Mikati was accused of obtaining subsidized housing loans illegally, which should be given only to citizens who cannot afford houses. The charges also involved his son and brother, as well as Bank Audi. The accused were referred to the examining magistrate in Beirut for investigation.
Ghada Aoun under disciplinary action
A week after the case of Najib Mikati, Judge Aoun faced "disciplinary action", by State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat, who also urged the security institutions to stop referring cases to Aoun, who replied: “They don’t want me to complete the investigations. They want the thefts to continue”, and also claimed that Oueidat had been “eagerly waiting” for the opportunity to press charges against her for taking initiative in cases against corrupt authority figures.
Hadi Hobeish banned from practicing the law for 3 months
In 2019, Aoun ordered the arrest of Hoda Salloum, the Director of the Traffic and Vehicles Management Authority (Nefaa, النافعة), who is the relative of MP and lawyer Hadi Hobeich, who in turn accused Aoun of corruption. A video footage of Hobeich circulated while storming her office and threatening her. Beirut Investigative Judge Assaad Bayram banned the MP from practicing law or entering the Justice Palaces for 3 month.
Charges against Riad Salameh for breach of trust
In 2021, Aoun charged Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh with job negligence and breach of trust. The charges are reportedly in relation to Salameh's management of subsidized dollars.
The 2021 raid on money exchange office
Aoun carried out a controversial raid on a money exchange company in Awkar, in defiance of a senior judiciary decision that denied her from that investigation, while she was accompanied by Free Patriotic Movement activists.
See also
Marwan Abboud
Tarek Bitar
Fadi Sawan
References
Lebanese judges
Living people
1957 births
Mohamad Aziz

Mohamad Aziz
Mohamad bin Aziz (29 July 1940 – 24 December 2020) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sri Gading constituency in the state of Johor from 1999 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
From 1981 to 1986 Mohamad served as an assistant to Hussein Onn, a former Prime Minister of Malaysia. Mohamad was a member of the Executive Council (akin to a State Cabinet) of Johor from 1990 to 1995 and the Johor State Government Information Chief from 1995 to 1999. In 1999 he was elected to Parliament for the Sri Gading constituency.
Mohamad caused controversy in 2009 when he called for two ministers in his Barisan Nasional government to resign. In June 2012, he called in Parliament for the execution for treason of the electoral reform activist Ambiga Sreenevasan.
His parliamentary career ended in 2013, when UMNO selected another candidate to contest the Sri Gading constituency. After the 2013 election, he was appointed as the Speaker of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
He was also Umno Malaysia Deputy Permanent Chairman since 2008.
Death
Mohamad Aziz died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 80. He was laid to rest in the burial grounds at Bukit Aliff Muslim cemetery, Johor Bahru.
Election results
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
:
Medallist of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (1976)
Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1979)
Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1989)
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (1996)
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2014)
:
Second Class of the Sultan Ibrahim Medal (PIS II)
Second Class of the Star of Sultan Ismail (BSI II)
Companion of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SMJ) (1992)
References
1940 births
2020 deaths
People from Batu Pahat
Members of the Dewan Rakyat
Members of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
United Malays National Organisation politicians
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Speakers of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service
Companions of the Order of the Crown of Johor
Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Medallists of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
ناديجدا كوجيلنايا

ناديجدا كوجيلنايا (من مواليد 6 نوفمبر 1962) وهي رائدة فضاء روسية. كان من المقرر لها أن تطير على متن المركبة سويوز TM-32 ، ولكن تم استبدالها من أجل سائح الفضاء الأمريكي دينيس تيتو. تقاعدت في وقت لاحق من الخدمة في عام 2004 ، لتصبح طيارا تجاريا مع الناقل الروسي إيروفلوت.
حياتها
ولدت ناديجدا كوجيلنايا في 6 نوفمبر 1962 في أليكسييفسكويي (تاتارستان)، روسيا. عندما كانت طفلة، كانت تستمتع بأفلام الخيال العلمي والكتب في الفضاء. انضمت إلى نادي الطيران كهواية لها في عام 1981. كانت تتطلع إلى أن تصبح مهندسة معمارية، وتخرجت من معهد دنيبروبيتروفسك للهندسة والبناء في عام 1984. ومع ذلك التحقت في معهد موسكو للطيران. وبعد تخرجها في عام 1988 ، بدأت العمل كمهندسة في شركة "RKK Energia"، لتصمم معدات للرحلات الفضائية.
عملها
شاركت ناديجدا في 1994 لتصبح رائدة فضاء وتم قبولها في البرنامج التدريبي لمدة عامين. درست في مركز يوري جاجارين لتدريب رواد الفضاء. كانت واحدة من اثنين من المدنيين الذين تم تجنيدهم ، إلى جانب ميخائيل تيورين، الذين عملوا أيضًا في شركة RKK Energia. وخلال التدريب، تزوجت ناديجدا من مدرب الطيران فلاديمير موروزوف. وعندما أصبح لديها ابنه قامت ناديجدا بتأجيل تدريبها لفترة من الوقت ولكنها عادت بسرعة بينما كان زوجها يعتني بطفلهما. تدربت ناديجدا كمهندسة طيران وسيكون دورها التحليق بالمركبة الفضائية سويوز للالتحام بمحطة الفضاء الدولية.
وقد تم تعيينها لشركة Soyuz TM-32 ، التي كان من المقرر لها أن تطير إلى المحطة الفضائية في عام 2001. ومع ذلك، تم استبدالها من من أجل سائح الفضاء الأمريكي دينيس تيتو. في وقت لاحق عملت ناديجدا احتياطية لرائدة الفضاء الفرنسية كلودي هاينيري في وقت لاحق من ذلك العام. وبين عامي 1999 و 2004 ، أصبحت ناديجدا رائدة فضاء. كانت احتياطية مرة أخرى في عام 2001 ، لرائد الفضاء الإيطالي روبرتو فيتوري خلال بعثة سويوز TM-34. وفي مايو 2004 ، بعد إعلان أن رائدات الفضاء الإناث لن يكونوا طيارين لعدة سنوات، تقاعدت من الخدمة لتصبح طيارة تجارية للناقلة الروسية إيروفلوت. اعتبارا من عام 2007 ، كانت ناديجدا واحدة من اثنين من الطيارين الإناث الذين طاروا ب توبوليف تي يو 134.
ملاحظات
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya's profile at www.astronaut.ru
أشخاص على قيد الحياة
رائدات فضاء
روسيات في القرن 21
مهندسات روسيات
مهندسات في القرن 21
مهندسون روس في القرن 21
مواليد 1962
نساء روسيات
توماس يونغ (عسكري)

توماس يونغ (عسكري)
توماس يونغ هو عسكري أمريكي، ولد في 30 نوفمبر 1979 في كانساس سيتي في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 10 نوفمبر 2014 في سياتل في الولايات المتحدة.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
أفراد عسكريون من كانساس سيتي (ميزوري)
أشخاص من كانساس سيتي (ميزوري)
أفراد الجيش الأمريكي في حرب العراق
جنود أمريكيون
مشلولون نصفيا
مواليد 1979
ناشطون أمريكيون ناهضوا حرب العراق
وفيات 2014
Tamara Trunova

Tamara Trunova
Tamara Viktorovna Trunova (born May 5, 1982) is a Ukrainian theater director, the Chief Director of the Kyiv Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy on the left bank of Dnieper.
Biography
Trunova was born in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast.
She graduated from high school with a gold medal. Trunova graduated as a translator from the Kyiv National Linguistic University (1999-2004). She studied directing at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University (directing department, course of Eduard Mitnitsky), from which she graduated in 2009. In the period from 2008 to 2013, she taught at the directing course of Eduard Mitnitsky. Since 2018, Trunova is the artistic director of the correspondence directing course of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
Since 2011, she has been working at the Drama and Comedy Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper. Among her accomplishments are productions in theaters in Kyiv and across Ukraine. She works as a member of the jury at Ukrainian and international festivals (i.e. British Edinburgh Fringe 2016). She is also a participant and theatrical competition winner, for example, her theatrical program "Taking the Stage" at the British Council in Ukraine.
Since April 12, 2019, Trunova has been the Chief Director of the Kyiv Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy on the left bank of the Dnieper.
She has a daughter, Sonya. Trunova lives and works in Kyiv.
Creative biography
Director's works
Tamara Trunova's creative directorial heritage includes more than 20 productions in Ukraine and abroad.
References
External links
Тамара Трунова на сайті Київського академічного театру драми і комедії на лівому березі Дніпра
Тамара Трунова на сайті Національної опери України
Тамара Трунова у каталозі режисерів портала «Театральна риболовля»
1982 births
Ukrainian theatre directors
Ukrainian women theatre directors
Living people
People from Nova Kakhovka
زياد أبو زياد

زياد أبو زياد
زياد علي خليل أبو زياد (وُلد في 3 أبريل 1940 في العيزرية) صحفي، ومحامي وسياسي فلسطيني. شغل منصب وزير دولة ضمن حكومة ياسر عرفات الثالثة بين 9 أغسطس 1998 و13 يونيو 2002.
اُنتخب عضوًا في المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني بعد الانتخابات العامة الفلسطينية عام 1996 حيث حصل على 8,434 صوتًا في دائرة محافظة القدس.
قررت اللجنة المركزية لحركة فتح في 29 يناير 2006 فصله من حركة فتح، تنفيذًا لقرار المجلس الثوري للحركة في 7 نوفمبر 2005 باعتبار كل من رشح نفسه للانتخابات التشريعية الفلسطينية الثانية، ولم يلتزم بقرارات الحركة خارج صفوف الحركة وأطرها.
في عام 1994 أسس مع الصحفي فيكتور زيجلمان مجلة فلسطين-إسرائيل الفصلية.
المراجع
أسرى ومعتقلون فلسطينيون سابقون في إسرائيل
أشخاص على قيد الحياة
أشخاص من العيزرية
أعضاء المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني 1996
أعضاء حكومة ياسر عرفات الثالثة
خريجو جامعة دمشق
سياسيون فلسطينيون
صحفيون فلسطينيون
محامون فلسطينيون
وزراء حكومة السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية
وزراء فلسطينيون
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غل‌آباد (مقاطعة فهرج)

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Leonard B. Smith

Leonard B. Smith
Leonard B. "Tuck" Smith (October 29, 1915 in Mayview, Missouri – May 16, 2006 in Friday Harbor, Washington) was an American pilot who spotted the German battleship Bismarck prior to its being sunk by British naval and air forces. Smith was the first American to participate in a World War II naval victory and is sometimes considered the first American to be directly involved in World War II for his actions.
A number of US pilots, who had ferried Catalinas across to the UK and were supposed to familiarize the RAF crews with the plane, were unofficially used as copilots on operations ("unofficially" because the USA was not at war with Germany at that time). Smith was acting as copilot of AH545 WQ-Z of No. 209 Squadron RAF which had been specifically assigned a search area after contact was lost with the Bismarck shortly after the Battle of the Denmark Strait. They flew out of RAF Castle Archdale which was a flying boat base on Lough Erne and through the Donegal Corridor. The plane was primarily piloted by British Flying Officer Dennis Briggs but Smith was at the controls when the battleship was spotted around at 10:10 on 26 May 1941, heading for Brest. He jettisoned the depth charges and made for cloud cover under heavy anti-aircraft fire, losing sight of the Bismarck and never regaining contact. Two other Americans were also in Catalinas that spotted the Bismarck later in the day: Lt Johnson in M of No. 240 Squadron RAF, and Ensign Rinehart in O of No. 210 Squadron RAF. Knowing the battleship's position accurately enabled the British navy to intercept it and sink it soon after.
Smith was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the sinking of the Bismarck. He was later sent to Hawaii, and was flying a training mission between Midway and Pearl Harbor when the base was attacked on the morning of December 7, 1941. He remained in the Pacific Theatre for the remainder of the war, later fought in Korea and in the early stages of the Vietnam War, reached the rank of captain, and retired from the Navy in 1962, after 23 years on active duty. After his retirement from the Navy, he worked as real estate businessman. He lived in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington. He died in 2006 at the age of 90.
At one stage during his naval career Smith worked alongside Richard Nixon, whom he described as "one of the most conscientious and hard-working officers I ever met".
References
See also
Bismarck: The Report of the Scouting and Search for Bismarck by Ensign Smith
Roscoe Creed: PBY: The Catalina Flying Boat, p. 246–247. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1985.
American aviators
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
1915 births
2006 deaths
Operation Rheinübung
People from Friday Harbor, Washington