Norman D. Gallagher was born in 1920 in Pennsylvania. He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on May 5, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents. Norman served as a Staff Sergeant and Top Turret Gunner on B-17G #42-107076, 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-17G #42-107076 took off from RAF Knettishall with a target of the Focke-Wulf Aircraft factory at Poznan, Poland. While on this mission they were hit by enemy flak and severely damaged.

Norman was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 crashed, due to the damage, into the Baltic Sea seven miles Southeast of Nykobing, near Boto, Denmark during the war. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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