LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Norman Lindsay NEWELL
Service No: 428888
Born: Paddington NSW, 2 March 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 October 1942
Unit: No. 77 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elvington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 77 Squadron Halifax aircraft LW341), off the Danish Coast, 16 February 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Kappel Churchyard, Lolland, Denmark
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Norman Sidney Weirick Newell and Mavis Newell; husband of Margaret Newell, of Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Carlton NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1724 hours on the night of 15 February 1944 Halifax LW341 took off from Elvington detailed to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after-take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed in the Baltic Sea and all the crew members were killed. Only Flight Sergeant Newell’s remains were recovered.
The crew members of LW341 were:
Sergeant Bernard Coughlin (1523070) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Warrant Officer Arthur Frederick Edmonds (1290934) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant John James O’Neil Kennedy (1323689) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Norman Lindsay Newell (428888) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Richard Elwood Padget (J/14176) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Clifford Owen Tyler (1076760) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Raymond Walter Wheeler (1312367) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/29/90