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NEWMAN, Percy

Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Harrow (Eastcote Lane) Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. S. Grave 209..
Epitaph O FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND, AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL!
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 78
Enlistment information
Service Number 1218863
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 5 Grp
Trade Ground Staff
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Scampton
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Killed in an collision between a lorry and a coach on the junction of Cliff Road and Prebend Lane, Welton, near Lincoln. Six others were seriously injured including one critically. (Lincolnshire Echo, 29 May 1942). The lorry went up a bank and overturned while at least some of the airmen were sitting on the tailgate of the lorry. The coroner recorded a virdict of death by misadventure.