Bergen Franklin Newell
Military
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FRE 953
Lieutenant Bergen F Newell of the 303rd Bomb Group prepares to load bombs into a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp] and '245663.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'The bombs are all ready for loading-up at an American Army Air Force station somewhere in England, and Lieut. Bergen. F Newell, 69 Delaware Ave, Freeport, N.Y. gives them a final checking over. A few hours after this picture was taken these bombs fell on a German city. Aged 23, a student at Rensselner Polytechnic Institute in pre-war days, Lieut Newell says he is settling down very well in England-in spite of the mud'.'
Roger Freeman Collection
Associated Bergen P. Newell from image caption
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jersey City, NJ | 4 March 1919 | Son of William Kenneth and Marion Newell. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 1 October 1941 | New York City, New York |
Other Discharged USAAF |
27 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Tampa, FL | 13 May 1988 | |
Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/358newell.html