Smith, Norman Lawrence Lavek
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Norman Lawrence Lavek |
Surname | Smith |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lawrence F. Smith and May Smith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB402 |
Markings | LQ-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 6. F. 26-27. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY. HE GAVE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MOTHER, DAD AND BROTHERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 244 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95486 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1790/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1790/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-01-1945 |
End Date | 17-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Zeitz- to mark the Braunohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant. 328 Lancasters, 10lost (3.0%). Much damage was caused to the northern part of the plant |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Pfaffenhausen, Germany (between Krumbach and Mindelheim) |