Marley, Norman
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Norman |
Surname | Marley |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Norman and Bertha M. Marley, of Washington, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW436 |
Markings | WL-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Drosay Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph | GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 204 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1592882 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Former Control Tower, old Tholthorpe airfield site, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1944 |
End Date | 04-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bois de Cassan- to attack a flying bomb storage site. Part of a 291 aircraft bomber force to attack both Bois de Cassan and Trossy St. Maxim sites by day and with good visibility. 4 aircraft lost. S/L I W Bazalgette of 635 Sqn was posthumously awarded a VC for his devotion to duty on this raid |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Drosay, NNW of Doudeville, France |