400102 Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman, DFC

400102 Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman, DFC

Date of birth1916-07-03  
Other units  1940  5 Elementary Flying Training School. 
Other units  1940 - 1941  3 Service Flying Training. 
Other  1940-08-03  Left Australia for Canada. 
Other units  1941  19 Operational Training unit. 
Other units  1941  No 58 Squadron (RAF). 
Other  1941-01  Left Canada for England. 
Other units  1941-04-20  No 35 Squadron (RAF). 
Other units  1941-12-16  No 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit. 
Date promoted  1942-02-09  Flying officer. 
Date promoted  1942-05-15  Acting squadron leader. 
Date promoted  1943-03-02  Acting wing commander. 
Date promoted  1943-08-09  Flight lieutenant. 
Other units  1943-09-01  Commanding Officer of No 460 Squadron. 
Date captured  1943-10-08  Shot down and taken prisoner of war (no 3138) and held at Stalag Luft 3 - Sagan & Belaria.