The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Earl J. Norris served as navigator of B-24H 42-110033, 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. His name appears as 'Morris' in MACR 15201 due to an OCR error; confirmed as 'Norris' with serial O-6898756 in HQ AAF correspondence and the 3rd Indorsement.
Killed in action 29 March 1944 in the mid-air collision over Malesworth Station.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-6898756
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 29 Mar 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 284
29 Mar 1944
Watton
42-110033
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record