World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Thomas Newell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Trenton, New Jersey
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A PILOT OF A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 29, 1943 DURING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING MISSION. SEVEN CREWMEN DIED WHEN THE BOMBER FLEW INTO THE GROUND NEAR PUEBLO ARMY AIR FIELD, PUEBLO, COLORADO.