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Peter Oliver Kenneth Noren

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Peter Oliver Kenneth Noren

July 8, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/187486

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

50 (R.A.F.) 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, the 12 of December 1946.

Additional Information


Born:

February 23, 1921
Kipling, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

October 26, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta

Son of Nels Waldemar and Anna Bertha (nee Olsen) Noren, of Percival, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 406 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MESNIL-MAUGER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 6.

Location:

Mesnil-Mauger is a village and commune 25 miles (40 kilometres) north-east of Rouen, 4 miles (6 kilometres) north-north-west of Forges-les-Eaux, a town on the N.15 (Dieppe to Paris) road; and 1 kilometre (about .50 mile) east of the N.314 road from Forges-les-Eaux to Neufchatel-en-Bray. The nearest railway station is at Serquex (Amiens-Rouen line) which is 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) south of Mesnil-Mauger. There is a bus service between Forges-les-Eaux and Neufchatel-en-Bray. The communal cemetery is some 500 yards north of the church, up a narrow lane. Near the entrance gate are the graves of 6 airmen, of whom 2 belonged to the Royal Air Force and 4 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Peter Oliver Kenneth Noren is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Peter Oliver Kenneth Noren 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
  • Id card– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of PETER OLIVER KENNETH NOREN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of PETER OLIVER KENNETH NOREN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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