Norquay, Charles John Cameron (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-October-03

Flight Sergeant Charles John Cameron Norquay RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Rose Norquay; husband of Mildred Louise Norquay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Spouse: Husband of Mildred Louise Norquay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Home: Selkirk, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Elvington

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/152593

Home
Google MapSelkirk, Manitoba
Target
Google MapKassel Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapIhringshausen

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
3 B 14
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Qualm Videri). Halifax aircraft LW269 was shot down at Ihringshausen, Germany during night operations against Kassel, Germany. Six RAF members of the crew were also killed. There were two 77 Sqdn. aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see Flying Officer B.G. Foley for information regarding the other aircraft and crew. Addendum: The squadron was based at Elvington when aircraft No. LW 269-T went down, The RAF members of this crew who were also killed were Sgt.s J.F.A. Bailey, D.H. Douglas, J.B.E. Birrell, J.P. Belfield, R.Wilson, and PfO A.T. Parker. This completes this crew list. The aircraft number was not LE 269. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)