Newton, Harry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harry |
Surname | Newton |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry and Ada Newton, of Oldham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW693 |
Markings | KW-V V-Victor |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oldham (Greenacres) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. Row 15. Grave 192. |
Epitaph | IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 218 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1480974 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Cpl Craig Reid survived the crash. He was actually a ground radar technician but had stood in for a colleague who was on a 'hot date'! Sgt Bill Cameron (A/2403) also survived the crash only to be killed over Germany a few weeks later. |
There is a plaque at Westbury House, Bradford on Avon (BA15 1DE) in memory of those lost. The deaths of the crew members that died were registered at Trowbridge - Wiltshire. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-03-1944 |
End Date | 26-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- cross-country flying exercise |
Reason for Loss | Last seen over Bradford on Avon with one engine on fire, circling in pursuit of a suitable place to crash-land. The order to bale out was issued and three obliged, but the aircraft was too low for their parachutes to be effective and they were killed. The pilot eventually lost his fight to control the aircraft and he and the rear gunner remained in the aircraft as it crashed and exploded. Townsfolk dragged out the rear gunner but he died of his injuries moments later. |