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Norman Alfred Smith

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith

October 15, 1944
Near Idiom, Denmark

Military Service


Service Number:

J/89362

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, 6 February 1947.

Additional Information


Born:

May 22, 1918
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

July 11, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Alexander James and Florence Essex (nee Hooper) Smith of Kelowna, British Columbia. Brother of Arthur, Irene, Dorothy, Una and Mrs. E.R. Saunders.

Commemorated on Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

IDUM CHURCHYARD
Denmark

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 270-276.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN ALFRED SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN ALFRED SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN ALFRED SMITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted by: Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted by: Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted by: Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith is 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
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker

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