Donald Thomas Newcombe
Military
Fighter Pilot
365th Fighter Group - 386th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
KIA 11 July 1944
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Object Number - UPL 46815 - 1LT Donald Thomas Newcombe Fighter Pilot 365th Fighter Group - 386th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF KIA 11 July 1944
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Units served with
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Bomb Group 386th Fighter Squadron
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pontiac, Michigan | 23 February 1921 | |
| Pontiac, Michigan | 16 February 1942 | 90 S. Roselawn Worked for GM Pontiac Motor Division | |
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Died |
Trois-Monts, France | 11 July 1944 | Damaged by flak on the days mission. Newcombe struggled to get back to his base at A-7 Azeville. He did not make it. |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Plot Plot D Row 6 Grave 4 |
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Sources
http://hellhawks.org/386_roster.html
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44017_09_0…
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland - page 241
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9170&h=3019668…
