Clyde Dudley Newman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Via USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries FB page
Object Number - UPL 55280 - 2nd Lt Clyde D. Newman, 303BG.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Collided with another a/c and crashed near Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire during form up for a mission to Ascherleben, GR on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 42-38041 'Hells Angels II'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19105839 / O-802157
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Angels II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 9 August 1941 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Died |
Irthlingborough, UK | 22 February 1944 | Killed in Mid-Air collision in B-17 42-38041 'Hells Angels II'. |
|
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 23 February 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot A Row 3 Grave 27 |
|
Born |
Bassetts, VA | Son of Noel Elmer Newman. | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
