Date of death:

July 24th, 1942

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: I. Grave: 10-13.

Service number:

965668

Nationality:

British

Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Norman Acton
149 Squadron RAF (VR)
Flight engineer of Stirling bomber W7580 OJ-D, on the way back from a bombing mission to Duisburg (Germany), shot down by a German night fighter of I.(3.)/NJG 1 in Venlo and crashed along the Rijksweg, at the end of Koksteeg and Weerscheut near Vinkel.
The entire crew of seven men perished. The remains were badly mutilated and burned and were buried on July 24, 1942, in four coffins in the rectory garden next to the Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Uden, graves 29 through 32. Four names were deduced from the remains of clothing and equipment. When reburied at the British War Cemetery Uden on 21-6-1946 in collective grave 4.I.10-13, the entire crew was registered by name.

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• Photo 1: Archief A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden
• - Sergeant Norman Acton | War Casualty Details 2765500 | CWGC
  - Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Norman Acton (1903-1942) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek
  - Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7580, Friday 24 July 1942
  - Neergestorte vliegtuigen in Geffen 1940-1945 - BHIC
  - Britse bommenwerper W7580 neergeschoten - BHIC
  - Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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