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Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
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Photo of Oscar Frederick Newton
Oscar Frederick Newton with wife Myrtle Elizabeth (Henderson) and daughter Darelene Jean taken October on last leave 1944. -
Grave Marker
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Photo of Oscar Newton
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton, husband of Myrtle Elizabeth and father of a daughter Darelene Jean was on a mission with the 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force, when it was hit by flak and crashed into the woods near Nassogne (Belgian Ardennes) December 26th, 1944. All were killed with the exception of two members of the crew. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of OSCAR FREDERICK NEWTON
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of OSCAR FREDERICK NEWTON
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Memorial
Remembering brothers-in-law lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Belgium
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven.
Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort.
Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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