Name:
Myron Newell
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-670212
Unit:
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-09-15
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
6
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Bomber of the B-17 Fflying Fortress "Pat Hand". Took off from Snetterton Heath airfield in the UK on September 15 1943. Shot down by German flak at 17:50. Aircraft was partially evacuated and exploded on contact with the ground. Killed in crash.