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ANDREWS, Norman Lloyd - Date of
birth
16 January 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Nebraska -
Hometown
Furnas County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-727071 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 February 1943 - Place of
death
12 miles northwest of the western tip of Terschelling Island, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Donald Andrews (father)
Mary A. (Clark) Andrews (mother)
Mary A. Andrews (sister)
Minnie K. Andrews (sister)
Donald C. Andrews (brother)
Margaret J. Andrews (sister)
Ruth A. Andrews (sister)
Frances Andrews (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-24544 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Pennsylvania Polka
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 3557/4635
More information
1st Lt Norman L. Andrews attended Hastings College as Class of 1938.After suffering damage during the bomb run, the airplane was attacked by FW 190's on the return flight shortly after 12.40 hrs., knocking out #3 engine.
The entire crew of ten men was killed and their remains were never recovered. Seven are remembered at the Walls of the Missing of Margraten, three are remembered at the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Cambridge.
He is remembered at the Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, MACR, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - OneWorldTree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Oldergraver, Sandra Stagemeyer (great niece)