LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Sidney Robert NORRIS
Service No: 433945
Born: Gulgong NSW, 23 February 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 June 1943
Unit: No. 3 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Service Flying Training School Crane aircraft 8195), Alberta, 21 June 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery, Alberta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herbert Alfred and Alma Evelyn Norris, of Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee Soldiers Club WWII Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW
On 21 June 1944, Crane 8195 took off on a solo night circuit at approximately 0130 hours. It crashed at approximately 0200 hours on a farm some four miles north west of the Calgary aerodrome killing student pilot Leading Aircraftman Norris.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/30/62
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line