Newton, Stephen (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-24

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Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Charles and Lilian Newton of Addingham, Yorkshire, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Dafoe, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

Final Burial

Municipal Cemetery
Soldiers' Plot Row 2 Grave 2

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Crew or Other Personnel

Bolingbroke 9881

Pilot Officer Frederick Lloyd Butcher RCAF

Pilot Officer Butcher, Frederick Lloyd (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-24
Birtle Cemetery, Birtle, Manitoba, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 William David Mitchell RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Mitchell, William David (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-24
South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Stephen Newton RAF

Leading Aircraftman Newton, Stephen (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-24
Municipal Cemetery, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Stanley Edwin Steeden RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Steeden, Stanley Edwin (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-24
Colonsay Cemetery, Colonsay, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9881

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-24. Bolingbroke s/n 9881.

This accident involved 5 people. Butcher FL, Mitchell WD, Newton S, Rolls HJ, Steeden SE

This accident had 4 fatalities. Pilot Officer Frederick Lloyd Butcher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/44112 Bolingbroke 9881, Leading Aircraftman Stanley Edwin Steeden RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/218408 Bolingbroke 9881, Warrant Officer 1 William David Mitchell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/98918 Bolingbroke 9881, Leading Aircraftman Stephen Newton RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Bolingbroke 9881

Unit Desciption

5 BGS (5 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.