Name:
Norbert W. Rock
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-573145
Unit:
435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-02-05
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Norbert W. Rock was born in 1922 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He served in the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.
1Lt Rock was killed in a flight accident on 5 February 1945, when his aircraft (P-51 #44-14840) suffered a structural failure 10 miles north of Sheringham, England. His body was never recovered, and his name is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com