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Personal info

Full name
NEWMAN, Burrel Franklin
Date of birth
30 July 1915
Age
27
Place of birth
McBee, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Hometown
Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-337405
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 June 1943
Place of death
Near Tossens, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 20 8

Immediate family

Members
Boyd J. Newman (father)
Sallie J. (Warren) Newman (mother)
Eunice Newman (sister)
Bernice Newman (sister)
Sarah Newman (sister)
Francis Newman (brother)
Robert Newman (brother)
Boyd Newman (brother)
Charles Newman (brother)
Bennie L. Newman (brother)
Laura A. (Martin) Newman (wife)
Leon Newman (son)
Quincy Newman (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3138
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Eight Ball
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1357

More information

Burrel F. Newman attended Clemson earning a BS degree in Industrial Education. He taught industrial education in Orangeburg for a year before entering the service on 14 July 1940. He tfirst rained with the 29th Infantry Regiment and the 502nd Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning and had jumped sixteen times while in the Parachute Battalion. He transferred to the Air Corps and was trained at Maxwell Field, Shaw Field, Spencer Field, Hendricks Field and Sioux City, Iowa before being sent to England in April 1943.

The formation was attacked by approximately 200 enemy fighters over the target. Two singled out this airplane. It exploded in mid-air.

Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed. They were initially buried at the Port Cemetery of Wesermunde on 19 June 1943.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Rogers Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.americanairmuseum.com, www.wwiimemorial.com