Weir, Norman Stewart
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Norman Stewart |
Surname | Weir |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-03-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Stewart Weir and Nora Weir, of Clarkston, Renfrewshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | X3132 |
Markings | OL-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bayeux War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XVIII. F. 20. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 113 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 970663 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5504 (P357894/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-03-1941 |
End Date | 21-03-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Gardening off Brest |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 0300 to lay mines off Brest (Jellyfish Region). Shot down at Morlaix (Finistere), France. |