Max Arnold Newell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-6897.jpeg UPL 6897 Lt. Max Newell
Navigator
Crew #716 - Harry McGregor Crew

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 6897 - Lt. Max Newell Navigator Crew #716 - Harry McGregor Crew

Crashed at Puettlingen on 8/9/44 in B-24 'Penthouse For 10' #42-95268, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Harry B McGregor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-664417
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52600

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunshine Jane
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95268) nicknamed "Penthouse for Ten" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24, 466 BG Attlebridge.'

42-95268

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Penthouse for Ten
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

533

  • Date: 9 August 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Darby, Montana 21 February 1921

Enlisted

Missoula, MT, USA 10 April 1942

Died

Püttlingen, 66292 Riegelsberg, Germany 9 August 1944 Shot down by flak, breaking off the right wing. Earned the Purple Heart; Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Ravalli County, MT, USA

Buried

Plot B Row 26 Grave 57 Lorraine American Cemetery

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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466th BG HIstorian

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Removed unsubstantiated information - 466th Historian

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Montana birth certificate; application for military headstone by widow, Mrs. Eunice Marie (BLOMBERG) NEWELL (awards); US Federal census records; WWII Draft Registration; Missing Air Crew Reports (Fold3).

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=newell&GSfn=max&G…;
https://www.abmc.gov/node/537743#.V4l8Bmcm5es
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1664478

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466th BG Historian

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
MACR 7382 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
466th BG Historian

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466th BG Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7382

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