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- Birth nameJimmie Butler Smith
- Jim B. Smith was born on August 20, 1924 in Lamoni, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Emergency! (1972) and Mitchell (1975). He died on May 7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jim was assigned to the 315th Bomb Wing, 501st Group, during World War II.
- He flew in the longest and last bombing raid on Japan of the entire War. This raid occurred after both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Singer/guitar player, licensed pilot
- He was the radio operator about a B-29 named Bommerang.
- Coached Jon Voight for role of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969).
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