William R Newell
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 27-Sep-43 in B-26C 41-34987 'Danny Boy II', 386BG/552BS while serving as Tail Gunner. The aircraft took a direct hit by AA fire in the left engine enroute to bomb the German airfield at Conches, France.The aircraft crashed and burned about 10 miles north-east of Fecamp, France. 386th BG was part of the 8th AF from July-October 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Danny Boy II
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Little Easton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Fécamp, France | 27 September 1943 | Killed whewn aircraft was shot down by AA fire and crashed near Fecamp, France. |
Born |
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Buried |
Buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 7, Grave 32. |
Revisions
Changed nickname from 'Margie' to 'Danny Boy II':
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
https://cathyeatonfamily.weebly.com/ww-ii-b-26-war-marauder-crew.html - account written by Chester P Klier
The nickname is given as 'Margie' in "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE but as Klier was the Bomb Group's historian, I'm going to go with that nickname.
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 755; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission wihtin existing website data; Added Decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added crew position and loss details to Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15266,Combat Chronology Supplement p. 548, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 293.