Newman Camay Golden
Military
Left to Right: Richard S. Harder, unidentified person, Thurston L. Gaines, Newman C. Golden, Wendell M. Lucas
Library of Congress Caption:
Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen leaving the arachute room. Left to right: Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, NY, Class 44-B; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, NY, Class 44-G; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, Class 44-G; Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heights, MD, Class 44-E. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)
Object Number - UPL 24803 - 332nd FG pilots leaving the parachute room at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy Left to Right: Richard S. Harder, unidentified person, Thurston L. Gaines,...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 12 October 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 6 March 1943 | Fort Hays |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Austria | 20 March 1945 | |
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Other Shot Down/MIA |
North Korea | 17 October 1951 | First Lieutenant Golden was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On October 17, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames six miles southwest of Choso-ri, Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and presumed dead on March 31, 1954. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived in Richmond, California. |
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Buried |
Honolulu, HI, USA | No Known Grave Courts of The Missing Honolulu Memorial * Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA |
