LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Norman Keith JUDD
Service No: 403179
Born: Cunnamulla QLD, 30 July 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 December 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 27 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Lichfield
Died: Air Operations: (No. 27 Operational Training Wellington aircraft R1526), Germany, 31 July 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Reginald Victor and Eileen Mary Judd, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: West Maitland NSW
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2327 hours on the night of the 31 July 1942, Wellington R1526 took off from Lichfield detailed to bomb Dusseldorf, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. Later it was learned that all the crew members had been killed.
The crew members of R1526 were:
Flight Lieutenant Alexander William Court (77928) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Keith Judd (403179) (Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Andrew Steel Patterson (581409) (RAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant John Knight Stone (966478) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Lieutenant Eric Walker (42285) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/130/11