William Newton III

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 5 July 1944 in P-47D AC 42-26583 while on escort mission to Chateauroux, FR. Bounced by 6 ME109s at 12000 ft, at 1600hrs, with other ME109s joing in. Crashed close to Breteuil at 1557hrs (per German records).



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Events

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Other

Killed in action

5 July 1944

Born

California

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Peter Randall - 78th FG D-Day List;

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6561 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC, MACR 6561, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  IV by Bishop & Hey, p. 32 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list