Name:
Donald Thomas Newcombe
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-679925
Unit:
386th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-11
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
D
Row:
6
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
First Lieutenant Donald T. Newcombe took off from site A-7 at St-Marcouf in his P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75194 for a bombing/strafing mission SE of Bayeux. He was shot down 16km SW of Caen at 1154.