Norman was born on 21 NOV 1920 in Nogales, AZ tp Fidel Joseph and Mercedes Acedo. The 1940 Census shows him living in Nogales, Arizona with his parents. He enlisted in the US Army Air Force on 26 OCT 1942 in Los Angeles, CA. He obtained the rank of SSG and was assigned to the 715th Bomb Squadron of the 448th Bomb Group. He served as a Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-24 #42-7709 'Maid of Tin' which was shot down 5 January 1944 in , on route to Kiel, Germany and crashed into Baltic

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
Name: Norman F Acido
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1920
Admission Date: Jan 1944
Discharge Date: Jan 1944
Military Branch: Air Force, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis: FirstLocation: Unknown, code not applicable; CausativeAgent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 19174760

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Norman F Acido
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1920
Nativity State or Country: Arizona
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: San Francisco, California
Education: 4 years of high school
Enlistment Date: 26 Oct 1942
Enlistment Place: Los Angeles, California
Service Number: 19174760
Branch: Air Corps
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Height: 65
Weight: 123

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

He entered the Service from California

Others Who Perished

Ferguson, William F ~ 2LT, Right Pilot, NJ

Kasbarian, Harry ~ 2LT, Navigator, NY

Kelly, Walter T Jr. ~ TSGT, Top Turret Gunner, NY

Parks, James W. ~ CPL, Radio Operator/Gunner, TX

Prabucki, Bernard D. ~ SSGT, Tail Gunner, NY

Squyres, Kenneth D. ~ MAJ, Co-Pilot, WI

Ward, Leon Jr. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, CA

Weisenburgh, Charles P. ~ 2LT, Bombardier, IN

Allen, Henry W ~ SSGT, Right Waist Gunner, NC