page_title: Norman Williams (RAAF officer)
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Williams (RAAF officer)
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Norman Francis Williams CGM DFM &amp; Bar, a distinguished Australian rear gunner during the Second World War who became the RAAF's most highly decorated NCO of the war.
context_page_description: Norman Francis Williams, CGM, DFM & Bar served as an air gunner in Royal Australian Air Force bombers in the Second World War, becoming its most highly decorated non-commissioned officer. A rear gunner in a Halifax bomber, he was credited with shooting down 8 German aircraft and damaging several others, making him the RAAF's only "ace" who was not a fighter pilot.
context_section_description: Norman Francis Williams, CGM, DFM & Bar (3 November 1914 – 30 June 2007) served as an air gunner in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bombers in the Second World War, becoming its most highly decorated non-commissioned officer. A rear gunner in a Halifax bomber, he was credited with shooting down 8 German aircraft and damaging several others, making him the RAAF's only "ace" who was not a fighter pilot.
caption: Warrant Officer Norman Williams in 1943
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