Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman

Service number	400102
Ranks Held	Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date	1916-07-03
Final Rank	Wing Commander
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 1652 Conversion Unit RAF
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1945-12-28 Published in London Gazette in 1943-04-20 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-01-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-04-29

Rolls

Date of birth	03 July 1916
Other units	1940	5 Elementary Flying Training School.
Other units	1940 - 1941	3 Service Flying Training.
Other	03 August 1940	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	20 April 1941	No 35 Squadron (RAF).
Other units	16 December 1941	No 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit.
Date promoted	09 February 1942	Flying officer.
Date promoted	15 May 1942	Acting squadron leader.
Date promoted	02 March 1943	Acting wing commander.
Date promoted	09 August 1943	Flight lieutenant.
Other units	01 September 1943	Commanding Officer of No 460 Squadron.
Date captured	08 October 1943	Shot down and taken prisoner of war (no 3138) and held at Stalag Luft 3 - Sagan & Belaria.