Kamloops man died 100 years ago today in WWI battle
KAMLOOPS — A Canadian Air Force pilot from Kamloops who died 100 years ago today (June 25) during a WWI battle will be honoured this week.
Norman Stuart Harper, who went by his middle name, signed up for the war effort in Kamloops and soon after was sent to Europe as part of the 231st Canadian Expeditionary Force.
While undergoing further training in England, he was transferred into 99 bomber squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps. (Canada did not yet have an air force.)
Later, Harper was in Squadron 99 when the decision to start the bombing of Germany in May of 1918 was made. He was shot down near Lahr, Germany on June 25, 1918.