Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt Newman was killed when Avro Lancaster I R5630 OL-T of 83 Squadron was lost on a mission to Berlin. The cause of the loss, and the crash site, are unknown, but of the seven crew, five lost their lives, the other two becoming P.o.W.s.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3, page 22
Tony Hibberd has added the following:
Lancaster R5360 OL-T had departed Wyton at 1707 for Ops Berlin. It was intercepted at 5600M nr Linten, NE Heide by a Night-Fighter captained by Oblt Martin Drewes (IX/NJG3) and shot down at 2232 for his 3rd AbschussNachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 Dr Theo Boiten
George Albert Newman is remembered at Ashington on A17.43
