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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.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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
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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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