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SMITH, Norman John Walford
Service Number: | 420492 |
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Enlisted: | 8 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons |
Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Northbridge, Willoughby, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Flying Battle, English Channel, 17 July 1944, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 420492 | |
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8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
28 Feb 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman | |
27 Apr 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 420492, 2 Embarkation Depot, Embarked Sydney for UK via further training in Canada. Disembarked UK 1st July 1943. | |
20 Nov 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
20 May 1943: | Promoted Flight Sergeant | |
28 Sep 1943: | Involvement Operational Training Units (RAF), Posted to 6 OTU at RAF Sutton Bridge for further training. | |
8 Apr 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons, Posted to 276 Squadron RAF Portreath as navigator in a Vickers Warwick flying ASR. KIA 17th July 1944. | |
22 May 1944: | Promoted Pilot Officer | |
17 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 420492, No. 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Norman John Walford Smith 420492 of 276SQN RAF was killed when Warwick BV353 crashed in the English Channel
Also killed: Benson, Harold George (Flying Officer) 135497 RAF / Clelland, Kenneth Stewart (Sergeant) 1347887 RAF / Melling, William Ronald (Sergeant) 1474510 RAF / Smith, Ivor Edgar (Sergeant) 1404247 RAF / Warner, Francis (Flight Sergeant) 914896 RAF / Whalen, Harold Fenwick (Flight Sergeant) 658816