ANDERSON, W/C Norman Stanley Alton (C784) - Air Force Cross - No.4 Training Command Headquarters (since moved to No.13 SFTS). Award effective as of 1 January 1945 as per London Gazette of that date, Canada Gazette dated 6 January 1945 and AFRO 89/45 dated 19 January 1945. Born in Winnipeg, 3 July 1915 (RCAF Press Release 4907 reporting award). Attende University of Western Ontario. Appointed Provisional Pilot Officer 19 July 1937; received wings on 20 May 1938. Appointed to Permanent Force, 19 February 1939. With No.2 Squadron, Trenton, August 1939. Held rank of Squadron Leader as of 1 June 1941. At No.8 SFTS as of 18 October 1941. Promoted Wing Commander, 1 July 1942. To AFHQ, 9 May 1943; to United Kingdom, date uncertain; repatriated 28 September 1943. To No.4 Training Command, 5 October 1943. To No.13 SFTS, 27 August 1944. Promoted Group Captain, 1 December 1944. To No.2 Air Command, 16 May 1945. To No.16 SFTS, 9 June 1945. Reverted to Wing Commander, 14 February 1946. Promoted Group Captain, 1 November 1950. When recommended he had completed 1,671 flying hours to date, 1,029 hours instructional, ten flying hours in previous six months. Awarded Queens Coronation Medal, 23 October 1953 when a Group Captain in Maritime Air Command. Died in Orillia, 6 December 2003. Photo PL-53106 is portrait taken November 1952; PL-71055 shows him receiving Coronation Medal. This officer has displayed a very keen and a most aggressive interest in flying training through many years of flying instructional work. He is an outstanding leader who by his own example of determination and ability, has made an excellent record in the training plan. His wide experience and unswerving devotion to duty have had a direct effect in improving the standard of flying throughout this command. External Affairs file “French Awards to Canadian Armed Forces - Particular Cases” (Library and Archives Canada, RG.25, Box 4140) has the following citation for a Croix de Guerre; he appears in a list of “Those Who Assisted in the Training of French Personnel in Canada”. Many others in the document were reported as receiving French awards in AFRO 485/47 dated 12 September 1947: Group Captain Anderson served as Commanding Officer at No.13 Service Flying Training School and his personal interest in French aircrew resulted in the maximum efficiency being attained in their training.