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Norman Cyril Jackson VC (8 April 1919 – 26 March 1994) was a sergeant in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who earned the Victoria Cross during a Second World War bombing raid on Schweinfurt, Germany in April 1944.
The Second World War 1944. The Schweinfurt Raid in north-west Bavaria, 50 miles north-west of Nuremberg, was the centre of the German ball-bearing industry and thus an obvious target for Allied bombing. On the night of 26-27 April 1944 it was attacked by over 200 Lancaster Bombers. The plane on which Sergeant N C Jackson was flight engineer had ...
26 de abr. de 2024 · Who: Sergeant Norman Cyril Jackson (905192) VC, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 8 April 1919 – 26 March 1994. On 26 April 1943, Sergeant Jackson was Flight Engineer on Lancaster ME 669, coded ZN-O (Aircraft captain: Sergeant – later Flying Officer – Fred Miffin) of 106 Squadron, based at RAF Syerston. That night, 106 ...
Was this the bravest VC of them all? First published in The Sunday Telegraph on 14 November 2021. Warrant Officer Norman Jackson. In a quiet corner of Twickenham Cemetery, south-west London, beneath the outstretched branches of a gnarled cherry tree, there is a black marble tombstone.
8 de abr. de 1994 · Norman Cyril Jackson, air force officer: born Ealing 8 April 1919; VC 1945; married 1942 Alma Peake (four sons, three daughters); died London 26 March 1994. NORMAN JACKSON was one of 10...
Norman Cyril Jackson was born in Ealing on April 8 1919. When a few weeks old he was adopted by a family named Gunter; the same family adopted another boy, Geoffrey Oliver Hartley, who was later awarded the George Cross while serving with the police in Malaya but was eventually killed by bandits.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Sgt Norman Cyril Jackson VC. Posted on April 25, 2024 by Nicky van der Drift. This year marks the 80th anniversary of an outstanding act of bravery for which Sergeant Norman Cyril Jackson was awarded the Victoria Cross. Jackson joined the RAF volunteer reserve in 1939 as a classified fitter (engines). However, he preferred to be in the air.
