John Bede Newman
Flight Sergeant · 426999 · Australian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 20
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Mid-upper gunner, LL861 SR-H — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 20
Crew & operations
Flew as Mid-upper gunner with No. 101 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LL861 SR-H (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: John Alfred Noske (Bomb aimer) · Frank Phillips (Flight engineer) · Stanley George Richard King (Navigator) · Ralph Frank Litchfield (Other) · Donald James Irving (Pilot) · Walter Joseph Adam (Rear gunner) · Norman Grenfell Huggett (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: NEWMAN, JOHN BEDE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission