Aldred, Norman Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Norman Frederick |
Surname | Aldred |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Samuel Aldred. Husband of Maud Matilda Aldred, of Penarth, Glamorgan. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME732 |
Markings | QR-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Almelo General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 7. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER (From the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 183600 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/579/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/579/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-09-1944 |
End Date | 24-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund-Ems Canal at Ladbergen |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Alemo in Holland, a likely night fighter victim |