Price, Norman

Title

Price, Norman
N Price

Description

Nine items. The collection concerns Sergeant Norman Price (1579634 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 487 Squadron and was killed 3 May 1943.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Price and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Additional information on Norman Price is available via the IBCC Losses Database

Date

2017-09-24

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Price, Norman

Collection Items

Norman Price and three crew
Norman and his fellow crew members standing at the nose of a Ventura.
On the reverse -
'L to R
Price Air Gunner
Davies W-O
Baynton (NZ) Pilot
Lamacraft Navigator
Flying in Lockheed Ventura AE 716 U'.

Sergeant Norman Price
A head and shoulders portrait of Norman with his air gunner brevet.
On the reverse 'Sgt Norman Price 1579634 N2'.

The Ventura Comes off the Secret List
A newspaper cutting about the Ventura.

Wymeswold Pilot Gets VC
A newspaper cutting about Leonard Trent and his VC.

Big Moment is Delayed by 3 Hours
Leonard Trent involved in car crash on his way to the Air Ministry. The article includes details of his last operation on a power station at Amsterdam, then his incarceration at Stalag Luft 3 and the Great Escape.

Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Leonard's Air Force career.

Letter to Norman Price's Mother
The letter advises that there has been no news about her son.

Roll of Honour No 2 Group
The cover of No 2 Group's Roll of Honour, 1939 to 1945.

Letter to Norman Price's Parents
He remembers their son and his role in the operation when he lost his life. He will try and help find Norman's grave site.
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