Norman Robertson Macmillan

A Sergeant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Norman died on 12th of May 1941 aged 21. 

Norman was born at Lowestoft on 3 July 1919, a son of John Paterson and Ann Hood Macmillan. In 1921 their home was at Glenburn, Grand Avenue, Pakefield, and by 1939 his parents were living at Glenburn, Lyncroft Road, Pakefield.

In 1939 Norman was a marine insurance clerk living at 40 Willersley Avenue, Sidcup.

Norman enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve between September 1939 and August 1940. He was an observer. In May 1941 he served with No 17 Operational Training Unit.

On 12 May 1941 he was part of the crew of a Blenheim IV aircraft, number V 5391, flying from Upwood, Huntingdonshire. The aircraft was on a low-flying exercise when it was lost over the North Sea.  

WITH THANKS TO:Malcolm Barrass