1941 Dec Quarter death registration-
Name: Newbury, Robert ---Age: 20
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 798536
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 Squadron
Born in the Dominion of Newfoundland [at that time Newfoundland was NOT part of Canada; Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949], he was the son of William and Violet Newbury of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Sergeant Robert Owen Newbury is commemorated on Page 184 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1941 Dec Quarter death registration-
Name: Newbury, Robert ---Age: 20
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 798536
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 Squadron
Born in the Dominion of Newfoundland [at that time Newfoundland was NOT part of Canada; Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949], he was the son of William and Violet Newbury of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Sergeant Robert Owen Newbury is commemorated on Page 184 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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(Epitaph...)
(OF NEWFOUNDLAND)
BRIEF, BRAVE AND GLORIOUS
WAS HIS YOUNG CAREER.
HE EVER LIVES IN OUR HEARTS.
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