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ODDY, Norman Leslie

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rank: P/O
status: unknown
airforce: RAF    (no: 158748 )
born: United Kingdom

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32 squadron

25th July 1944
Crashed on landing Spitfire ES362 at Canne the aircraft landed up on its nose.

Norman Leslie Oddy 158748, attached to Number 22 PTC , was admitted to Number 63 British general hospital from SSQ and transferred to Number 5 S.A. hospital. A history was difficult to obtain due to his mental confusion. His temperature was 104.6 and his abdomen was distended. Severe typhoid fever with a poor prognosis was diagnosed and this proved to be the case when he died in the early hours of 18 December of typhoid fever, toxameia and periphial vascular faliure . This was despite a tyhoid inoculation 6 months previously. It was felt he was probably unduly sensitive to the bacteria or had ingested a massive dose

Died 18 Dec 1944
Burial
Heliopolis War Cemetery
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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4. H. 13.

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Squadrons:

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RAF 32 1944-05-01

Aircraft:

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JK759 Patrol island of Vis with W/O Petley 1050 - 1205 1944-06-03
JL325 To Vis 1030 - 1120 1944-06-14
JL325 Vis to base 2030 - 2100 1944-06-14
MA332 Scrambled with W/O W.J.Smith, plot faded. 1910 - 2030 1944-06-20
EE664 4 Spits escorted three D.C.3's to Yugoslavia & back. 1944-06-21
EE664 Scrambled with F/Sgt Veys, e/a proved friendly. 1135 - 1235 1944-06-23
EN578 Tremiti - Vieste patrol with F/Lt Maura 1805 - 1925 1944-06-24
MH359 Tremiti patrol with F/O Forder 1755 - 1910 1944-06-26
JK759 4 Spits sweep roads, Imotski area. 1615 - 1850 1944-06-29
JK759 Recce of Korcula 0800 - 0930 1944-06-30
MH359 Patrol Tremiti Islands with F/Lt J.Maura 0550 - 0710 1944-07-01
MH359 Scrambled with F/Lt Maura, no contact. 0915 - 0955 1944-07-01
MA708 Patrol Tremiti Islands with F/Sgt Veys 1850 - 2035 1944-07-02
ES362 4 Spits sweep roads Koritza area. 0930 - 1145 1944-07-03
JL235 3 Spits sweep, returned early R/T u/s 1515 - 1535 1944-07-19
JL235 4 Spits road patrol Bencovac to Drniš, no results. 1635 - 1825 1944-07-19
JL235 To base from Vis 1925 - 1800 1944-07-19
JL235 Base to Vis 1350 - 1430 1944-07-19
EP343 3 Spits search for camouflaged camp at Bihać, not found. Bombed Bridge all misses but hits in town. F/Lt Quine force landed & reported missing. 1730 - 1930 1944-07-21
EP343 Vis to base with W/O A.Oates 0820 - 0905 1944-07-22
ES362 Bombed Stolac all bursts in the eastern section of town. On returning to Canne P/O Oddy crashed landing with the a/c on its nose. 1530 - 1745 1944-07-25

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