William Edmond Newell
MilitaryAssigned 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return from mission, hit by Flak, coolant system streaming glycol, Lt Newell abandoned P-51 43-6759 near Lingen, Germany. 29-Mar-44 POW. MACR 3524.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Retired as VP Flight Operations for Western Airlines having flown for them for 32 years.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marion, IN, USA | 8 May 1924 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 March 1944 - 29 March 1944 | Assigned 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Lingen, Germany | 29 March 1944 | Failed to Return from mission, hit by Flak, coolant system streaming glycol, Lt Newell abandoned P-51B 43-6759 near Lingen, Germany. 29-Mar-44 POW. MACR 3524. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 29 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3524;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html