Howard W Newmeyer
Military
Edited
Object Number - UPL 39028 - Howard W Newmeyer
Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed at Garnbach on 10/7/44 in B-17 'Belle of the Brawl II' #42-32020
Mostly incarcerated at Stalag Luft III, then part of "death march" to Mooseburg/Nuremberg, Germany. Liberated in June 1945 (General Patton's 6th Army).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of the Brawl II
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA | 28 December 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 7 October 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Died |
17 January 2013 | (HAC) | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
date uncertain; Stalag Luft 3 until march to southern Germany in 1945. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Remained in military. US Air Force charter member, 1947. Early duties in Japan (Army of Occupation), S. Korea (Korean War; flew T-6s), Florida, Alabama. Was in Greenville Mississippi by 1953. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Was in Greenville, Mississippi in 1954. Transferred to Waco, Texas in 1954, 55 or 56. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Rhein-Mein AFB, Ramstein, Germany. Flew T-33s. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Weisbaden, Germany. Flew T-33s. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Commanded reserve unit in Troy, New York. Flew cargo planes out of Stewart AFB, New York. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
Plattsburgh AFB, Plattsburgh, New York. Flew cargo planes. (HAC) | ||
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Based |
TDYs in preparation for service in Viet Nam War. Primarily based out of Tonsanuht (sp?), Saigon, Viet Nam, then DaNang, Viet Nam, including during Tet Offensive; flew short-haul cargo planes. (HAC) | ||
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TDY in summer: Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Training to pilot C-141s. | ||
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Based |
Travis AFB, California. Flew C-141s. Retired May, 1972. | ||
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Buried |
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California. Memorial I.D. 104150232. (HAC) | ||
| 17 January 2013 | Napa, California (HAC) |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9551 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
