In Memory Of

BIDEN, NORMAN

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 P1/29531
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1951-09-05
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, North American F-51 Mustang #302. Lt N. Biden was a member of a flight detailed to attack an artillery position in the 'Punchbowl' area. His aircraft failed to pull out of it's dive during the napalm attack, and crashed into the ground and burst into flames.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 13
Cemetery:
 UNITED NATIONS PUSAN MEMORIAL
Country:
 South Korea
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. M. B. Biden, of Dunnottar. ref. 85 years of SAAF