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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Norris Stanford Ballangrud

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Portland, Oregon

Honored By

Alexander Jacobs, Jr.

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 44TH BOMB GROUP (FLYING EIGHTBALLS), 66TH BOMB SQUADRON AT SHIPDHAM AIRFIELD, ENGLAND. CO-PILOT ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER 'VALIENT LADY', WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS WHILE ON A MISSION TO BOMB V-1 ROCKET SITES NEAR BRUAY, FRANCE ON JANUARY 21, 1944. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.