Personnel Index - Detail
Name
NORTON
First Names
Howard (known as Blondie)
Rank
Flying Oficer
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Navigator
Comments (from son, Andrew Norton):
17th December 1953........
Dad was involved in the Lincoln RF 349 crash and apparently badly mangled his wedding ring as it caught on the hatch. A leather case with razor, shaving kit, brushes, etc that had been his wedding present was lost in the ensuing fire.
Flying Officer "Blondie" Norton, Navigator; F/Sgt Bert Yates, Navigator; Sgt Ron Gadd, Signaller; Sgt Norman Syms, Gunner; Sgt John Galloway, Engineer; F/Sgt "John" Zmitrowicz, Pilot.