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Norman Bredsgaard Petersen

In memory of:

Wing Commander Norman Bredsgaard Petersen

September 2, 1941

Military Service


Service Number:

C/170

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

409 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of James and Meta Petersen. B.Sc. (University of Manitoba).

His father, James died on March 26, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Army. He is buried at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.

Commemorated on Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SCOPWICK CHURCH BURIAL GROUND
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row 3. Grave 36.

Location:

Digby aerodrome was built towards the end of the First World War and after the war it functioned as a permanent unit of the Royal Air Force. In 1937 it became a member of No 12 Fighter Group in which it remained until the end of the Second World War.

Digby was one of the original sectors of Fighter Command and in the early days of the Second World War was very active in the defence of northern England. No 42 (Fighter) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force (known as the Red Indian Squadron from the emblem which it carried) was formed there in April 1942. On September 16, 1942, the sector was taken over by the RCAF and until the end of the war was known as Royal Canadian Air Force Station, Digby.

The 37 Canadian airmen buried at Scopwick lost their lives while stationed at Digby. They include an American airman who served with the RCAF, P/O J G Magee, and author of the poem 'High Flight'.

Scopwick Church Burial Ground contains 50 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and five German war graves. The graves form a plot in the top half of the burial ground. The Cross of Sacrifice in the corner of the plot was unveiled by the Air Member, Canadian Joint Staff on June 1, 1950.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN BREDSGAARD PETERSEN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (1)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (2)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Sketch of collision– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral Procession– Burial at Scopwick 1941
  • Graveside service– Graveside service Scopwick 1941
  • Funeral Procession– Funeral march Scopwick 1941
  • Paying last respects– 409 Squadron Scopwick 1941
  • Scopwick Church Burial Ground
  • Grave Marker– Marker stone to Wing Cdr N. B. Petersen in Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire, England.  The Personal inscription reads:  Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.  Hebrews. XII.2.
  • Grave marker

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