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Military service
Service number:
R/103037
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 28, 1918
Havelock, Ontario
Death:
December 26, 1944
Nassonge, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Oscar and Bessie (nee Saltern) Newton, of Havelock, Ontario. Brother of Hazel Shannon. Husband of Myrtle Elizabeth (nee Henderson) and father of Darelene Jean Newton, of Havelock, Ontario. Brother-in-law of Warrant Officer Class II, Gordon Henderson, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed on takeoff on 12 September 1943.
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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 -
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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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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
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton
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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