In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Gordon Leo Nordbye DFM

who died on 8 Jun 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R149600
  Date of death 19440608
  Cause of death killed in action
  Decorations Distinguished Flying Medal
Narrative history
  R149600 Flight Sergeant (No. 166 Pathfinder Squadron RAF air gunner) Gordon Leo Nordbye DFM (b.1923) of Aylesbury was KIA 19440608 and is buried at Clichy Northern cemetery on the northern outskirts of Paris, France. Nordbye's Lancaster went missing during a night raid on Versailles. He was the son of Clarence and Beulah Mae (Crippen) Nordbye (Beulah remarried as Mrs. Ed Detta and moved to Silverton, British Columbia). Gordon was farming when he enlisted at Regina late in 1941.

R Powdrill died on the same flight.

Distinguished Flying Medal citation (posthumous):
Flight Sergeant Nordbye has participated in many sorties over enemy territory as mid-upper gunner. His skill and unwearying watch have contributed largely to the successes achieved by his crew. On one occasion when his aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter this airman's accurate return fire caused the enemy fighter to break off the engagement. Throughout, Flight Sergeant Nordbye's courage and devotion to duty have been highly commendable.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 222 - Craik
  Cemetery or memorial location Clichy Northern cemetery, Paris, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Craik
  Geo-memorial Nordbye Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.0667°N / 103.5°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M3
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Phelps Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230829
  Place of birth Aylesbury    
  Date of enlistment 19411230
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Aylesbury    
  Occupation farmer
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