Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action

Earl J. Norris.

Navigator

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.

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record