Newell, Claude Ralston (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-April-17

Flight Sergeant Claude Ralston Newell RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Mitchell Walter and Elizabeth Maud Newell, of Newellton, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: NewelIton, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

53 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/153296

Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
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53 Squadron. Liberator aircraft missing. Addendum: The crew of Liberator aircraft BZ 945 failed to return from an anti-sub patrol over the Bay of Biscay, believed lost to enemy action whilst attacking an enemy U-boat. The last signal indicated they were investigating a contact thought to be an enemy submarine. F/0. E.J. Hagen, FS.s Wilfred A. Hallett, T.R. McDennon, and seven of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.
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