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Norman Sargeant Ball

In memory of:

Sergeant Norman Sargeant Ball

August 28, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/55463

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Ezra and Anna Westover Ball, of Magog, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row A. Grave 6.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Norman Sargeant Ball is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Norman Sargeant Ball is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Grave marker from Norman Ball's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands
Wellington X3418 of 150 (RAF) Sqdn was missing over enemy-held territory.  Sgt. Ball was the Wireless Air Gunner and the only Canadian on the crew.
(source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba)
  • Photo of Norman Ball– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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