Pearson, Norman William
Personal Information
Rank | AC2 |
Forename(s) | Norman William |
Surname | Pearson |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
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Date of Death | 18-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry Christopher and Louisa Pearson, of Erdington, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Erdington (St. Barnabas) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | J. 372. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 83 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1414796 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Stencilled Composite Panels |
Memorial Text | This memorial is a tribute to all those both military and civil who came from many countries to serve at RAF Lichfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Lichfield |
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Reason for Loss | Birmingham Mail June 20th 1942: "AIRMEN ON TANDEM. Birmingham Man Killed, Another Injured. As they were cycling on a tandem to their homes in Birmingham last evening, two airmen were hit by a car as they came out of a side road on to the main Tamworth road at Lichfield. Leading Aircraftman Norman William Pearson, of 29, Marlow Road, Erdington, fractured his skull and died. His companion, Leading Aircraftman Edgar Edward Griffiths, of 128 Addison Road, Birmingham, is detained in hospital with a fractured leg and severe laceration of the right side of the face. |