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Military service
Service number:
R/290688
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
April 18, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
51. C. 9
Additional information
Son of William and Eva Blanche Davey Newman, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
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Newspaper Clipping
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
Newman was a gunner on board a Halifax bomber (NP946 "L") that was downed during a raid on the island of Heligoland, 18 April, 1945.<P> All 7 of the aircrew perished, and the bodies of only 3 of these 7 were recovered.<P> Buried alongside F/Sgt. Newman in Brookwood Military Cemtery were fellow crewmen F/O Donald Fraser Ross and F/Sgt. George Franklin Montgomery. They are buried in Plot 51, Row C, graves 7, 8 and 9. The remaining 4 members of the crew are commemorated on Runnymede Memorial. -
Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman 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 -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
23 April 1945 Ottawa Citizen
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 550 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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