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243148 Sgt. Norman Marshal "Lefty" Shires Royal Air Force 617 Squadron from:Bexhill-on-Sea Norman Shires was born in 1925 in Yorkshire and moved south when still a child. He joined the RAF in 1943 and trained in Canada as a bomb aimer and gunner. He took part in a number of operations towards the end of WW2. He married Valerie who he met when she was in the WAAF, tuning the radios on the Lancasters and they had one child, Susan who became my wife in 1970. He died in 1986 and Valerie moved north to Lancashire to be near her daughter. She left her home and went into a care home in 1995. I can only imagine that Norman got his nickname because of the prevailing westerly winds which kept blowing the Lancaster to the right? Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.