2Lt Edward Robertson Norton Veteran

Birth: 18 Aug 1920
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Death: 17 May 1943 (aged 22)
At Sea
Burial: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Son Dr. James Arthur Norton and Edward (Robinson) Norton Sr. He was with the U.S. Army, 2LT Edward Robertson Norton who was KIA with his Twin brother on the same mission in a Martin B-26 Marauder. His twin Brother 2LT James Arthur Norton Jr was with the U.S. Army Air Corp
452nd Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

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Entered the service from South Carolina.

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Dr James Arthur Norton

1876–1950
Edward "Eddie" Robertson Norton

1883–1955

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Miriam Norton

1904–1905
Eugenia Wood "Gene" Norton Spivey

1906–1992
Clotilde Ligon Norton

1909–1910
Jamie Pick "Pic" Norton Hart

1912–1978
Evan Norton

1916–1985
2LT Edward Robertson Norton

1920–1943
2LT James Arthur Norton Jr

1920–1943
2Lt James Arthur Norton Jr

1920–1943

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2Lt Edward Robertson Norton

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Added: Aug 6, 2010
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On May 17, 1943, 11 B-26s took to the air in two flights. Lt. Edward Norton was pilot of one of the six bombers in the fast flight. His brother few as his co-pilot. As they approached the target at Ijmuiden, The Netherlands, they meet heavy flak, which seriously damaged the aircraft. Nevertheless, the B-26 completed its mission. It turned toward home but went down in the North Sea. The crew was listed as missing in action. Sixty men from the aircraft on the mission failed to return. One survivor eventually turned up as a prisoner of war.

In Conway on May 19, Dr. and Mrs. Norton received first one dreaded message and then a second. "Missing in action." A pall fell over the whole town. For months there was no further word. Eventually Dr. Norton discovered that the bomber had gone down over the North Sea. In September 1945 he learned from the mayor of Haarlem, The Netherlands, that the body of James washed ashore July 26, 1943. He is buried in the military cemetery at Margraten, Holland. His brother's body was never found.

Conway mourned with the parents. People told and retold the story of the twins - how they loved flying, how promising they were, how they were never separated. In the Norton family plot at Lakeside Cemetery in Conway, cenotaphs, one on each side of their parents, remind us of the loss of these brothers. Their names also appear on the memorial tablet in the Horry County Memorial Library in the company of other Horry County men lost in World War II.

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Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-792299
452nd Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium.
Entered the Service from: South Carolina
Died: 17-May-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

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1920-1943 Clemson Corps Scroll of Honor Memorial of Clemson Service Members who fell in the line of duty, Memorial dedicated Apr2010 Twins- 2Lts. James Arthur & Edward Robertson Norton of Conway, Horry, South Carolina, USA, KIA 17 May 1943 at sea

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