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In memory of:

Pilot Officer Norman Richard Chap

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Military service

Service number: J/16637
Age: 26
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 250 Sqdn (R.A.F.)
Birth: September 18, 1916 Chicago
Enlistment: November 16, 1940 Windsor, Ontario
Death: November 7, 1942 Sidi Barrani, Egypt

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Column 263.
Additional information
Son of Kasimer (aka Frank) Chap and Bronislova (aka Bernice) Walusevic, of Chicago, Illinois.

He served in Canada, Great Britain, Egypt and Libya. He had 721 days of service, including 420 overseas.

Fighter pilot shot down in dogfight with German fighters.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with Bar, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar, Operational Wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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