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Personal info

Full name
NEWMAN, Warren Bruce
Date of birth
22 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ollie, Keokuk County, Iowa
Hometown
Mahaska County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
O-766644
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
401st Fighter Squadron,
370th Fighter Group
Awards
Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 May 1945
Place of death
Gütersloh, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 18 2

Immediate family

Members
Carey Newman (father)
Ester (Bell) Newman (mother)
Rex E. Newman (brother)
Naomi Newman (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
44-72225
Data
Type: P-51D

More information

Warren Newman graduated from Fremont High School and worked in an aircraft factory.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Santa Ana, California on 17 April 1943. He was commissioned at Chandler Field, Arizona on 8 February 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed in a landing accident.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Ted51 from Air Force.com, Jaap Vermeer, NARA, wwiimemorial, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspaperarchive.com - Ottumwa Daily Courier

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken - SOHE, www.newspaperarchive.com - Ottumwa Daily Courier, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 44-B, Williams Field, Arizona