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Norman Jackson
| Warrant Officer Norman Jackson VC (deceased) Norman Jackson joined 106 Squadron as a flight engineer, and his 30th operational raid earned him the Victoria Cross. While climbing out of the target area over Schweinfurt, his Lancaster was hit by an enemy night-fighter and the inner starboard engine set on fire. Although injured by shrapnel he jettisoned the pilots escape hatch and climbed out on to the wing clutching a fire extinguisher, his parachute spilling out as he went. He succeeded in putting out the fire just as the night-fighter made a second attack, this time forcing the crew to bale out. Norman was swept away with his parachute starting to burn but somehow survived the fall to spend 10 months as a POW in a German hospital. Sadly, Norman Jackson died on 26th March 1994. |
Items Signed by Warrant Officer Norman Jackson VC (deceased) |
  | Chadwick's Masterpiece by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £230.00 | When Roy Chadwick first drew the Avro 679 Manchester bomber for the RAF, he could little have known that from this rather lacklustre machine would evolve the classic 683 Lancaster. This painting is not a record of any single event in the Lancaster...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - Norman Jackson VC. Price : £70.00 | Flying Lancasters with No.106 Sqn, he earned his Victoria Cross on his 30th mission when the bomber was set on fire by an enemy night-fighter. Injured, he climbed on to the wing and put the fire out just as a second attack came in. The crew baled o...... | |
  | Lancaster Dawn by Anthony Saunders. (D) Price : £300.00 | Depicts a 103 squadron Lancaster returning from a night-time bombing mission. ...... |
