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NORMAN, J T - Flight Sergeant

Flight Sergeant
JOHN (J T) NORMAN

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  • Flight Sergeant
    JOHN (J T) NORMAN

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    JOHN (J T) NORMAN
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    R/98446
    Flight Sergeant
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    22 September 1942
    midair collision and crash
    DISHFORTH CEMETERY

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  • Born
    in Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Buried
    22 September 1942 - DISHFORTH CEMETERY
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Interesting Facts

  • While flying RCAF 403 "City of Calgary" Sqn Spitfire AR440 from Catterick, Yorkshire, engaged RCAF Wellington BJ695 in dummy attack during training and upon emerging from a cloud collided with it breaking the tail off his plane and sending the bomber into a dive that ended in a crash and fire killing all five crew. Norman was killed upon diving into a river near Ing's Bridge not far from Pickering. Surv. Parents, Peter and Elsie Norman of Detroit, Michigan, USA. 

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  • Flight Sergeant
    NORMAN, JOHN
    22 September 1942
    DISHFORTH CEMETERY

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