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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Norman Glyn Gzowski

Hometown

Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR AND BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 518 'METEOROLOGICAL' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (COASTAL COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK V (LK704) CRASHED IN BAD WEATHER INTO ROUGEY CLIFF AT BUNDORAN, COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND DURING A FLIGHT FROM TYREE, SCOTLAND ON JANUARY 23, 1944. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 246 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND; AT ROUGEY CLIFF PATH WALK, BUNDORAN, COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND AND AT THE GROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MICHIGAN.