THURECHT, Norman Ray
| Service Number: | 414102 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 156 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia , 14 December 1922 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gympie State High School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Shot down over Frisian Islands returning from raid, Off Netherlands, 3 April 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414102, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 414102, No. 156 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 3 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 414102, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost with the rest of the crew of Lancaster W4894 squadron code GT-T over Texel Island, The Netherlands |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Sergeant Norman Thurecht, the bomb-aimer in the crew of Lancaster W4894 GT-T, was lost with the reminder of the crew on a raid with No.156 Squadron.
156 Squadron was one of the Pathfinder Force squadrons that led the bomber stream to its targets over Germany and occupied Europe.
The aircraft was shot down near Texel Island off the Netherland's coast.
The aircraft was discovered in 1989 when a Dutch fishing trawler snagged its wreckage.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman Ray THURECHT was born in Gympie, Queensland on 14th December, 1922
His parents were Norman David THURECHT & Eileen Isabel KEMP
His father Norman served in WW1 (SN3159) and WW 2 (SN QX19632)
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