{"id":438,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2020-12-07T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T08:14:45","slug":"gordon-norman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/gordon-norman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon, Norman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Norman Gordon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Navigator, 49 Squadron<br>Service number 914858<br>Died 5 July 1944<br>Buried Romescamps Churchyard, France<br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM. YOUR BRIEF LIFE, MY SON, A BELOVED, LASTING MEMORY&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Norman was born in 1919 in Whitechapel, London to Edward and Sara Cherrie n\u00e9e Bell (Belinsky). Norman married Barbara Tetley in April 1943 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire and their daughter Michelle was born four months after his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman&#8217;s father Edward served in WW1, initially in the Army and he then transferred to the RAF as an air mechanic in 1918. In 1939, the family were living at 154 Edgware Way, Hendon and Norman&#8217;s father Edward was working as the manager in a paper factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman was the navigator in Lancaster PB195 which departed RAF Fiskerton on a night operation to St Leu D&#8217;Esserent. The aircraft crashed on the outbound route between Gourchelles and Romescamps. It was the crews 17th operation. The crew were:<br>F\/O H.F. Dod Pilot <br>F\/E, Sgt V.A. Keen <br>Nav, F\/S N. Gordon <br>W\/Op A\/G, Sgt L Horner <br>A\/G, Sgt B R Scott <br>A\/B, F\/S J L Cox <br>A\/G, P\/O J R Truscott, RCAF  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman-700x945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman-700x945.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman-250x337.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman-120x162.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gordon-Norman.jpg 1685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gordon_n-headstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gordon_n-headstone.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gordon_n-headstone-250x445.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gordon_n-headstone-120x214.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norman Gordon Navigator, 49 SquadronService number 914858Died 5 July 1944Buried Romescamps Churchyard, FranceAge 25 Headstone Inscription&#8216;TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM. 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