Flight
Lieutenant Norval Edward Pollock
Royal
Canadian Air Force
Died
on 21-Mar-1944 when his Hurricane LE 972 had a mid air collision with
an American Thunderbolt while based at Ayr, Scotland, training for
war.
The
following entry is from 439's War Operations Record Book (Form 540): This afternoon at
approximately 1600 hours we had another very regrettable accident. F/L
N.E. Pollock (J/14314) and F/O Hewson were dog-fighting when they were
intercepted by 2 Thunderbolts in pansy formation. According to F/O
Hewson, F/L Pollock straightened out his aircraft (972), only to see a
Thunderbolt taking a cut at him. The Thunderbolt apparently didn't
break in time and cut about half of "Norv's" starboard wing
off. This happened at about 1500 feet. Norv went into a spin, came out
of it and then spun again. His aircraft exploded and burned after
crashing about 2 miles east of the airport.
Following
entry is from The
Canadian Virtual War Memorial website website
courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. :
F/L
N.E. Pollock (J/14314) is buried at BOURNEMOUTH NORTH CEMETERY, United
Kingdom, Grave Reference: Row 94. Grave
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