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Military service
Service number:
R/251698
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Anders and Olive Gronbeck, of Hudson, Ontario. Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
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Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer C. Crowley -
Photo of NORMAN GRONBECK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of NORMAN GRONBECK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NORMAN GRONBECK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
This clipping was found in a file relating to my Uncle, a rear gunner with the RAF, killed in a crash in 1943.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Norman Gronbeck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 323 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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