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Newton, Jack Lamport
J L Newton
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-07-15
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Newton, JL
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83 items. Collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Jack Newton (742570 Royal Air Force) who was a Sergeant air gunner on Wellington of 12 Squadron. His aircraft was landed on fire at a German occupied airfield in Antwerp in August 1941. He was the first airman to escape back to England via the Comète escape line. The rest of his crew were captured and made prisoners of war. The collection contains accounts of his escape, letters of research from Belgium helper, other official correspondence from the Red Cross and the Royal Air Force, photographs of places and people, newspaper cuttings propaganda leaflets and maps of airfield and escape route. In addition there is an interview with Jack Newton about his experiences in the wartime RAF.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jackie Bradford and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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WAR ORGANISATION
of the
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY
President:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
[Red Cross Logo]
and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
Grand Prior:
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G.
[St John Logo]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman:
THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL. C.I., G.B.E.
Telephone No.:
SLOANE 9696
Telegraphic Address:
“WOMIREL, KNIGHTS, LONDON”
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE
LONDON, S.W.1
NM/FM
RAF/L.4180
Dear Mrs. Newton,
Since I spoke to you on the telephone this morning, I have telephoned to the Air Ministry, asking them if they think it is wise for us to endeavour to get into touch with Sergeants Porteous and Burrell to ask them if they have news to give of your husband, Sergeant J.L.Newton, No. 742570.
We are so very sorry that they strongly advise us not to do so. We have also been asked by the Foreign Office to avoid communication with men in unoccupied France, because by writing to them and asking them questions, we may jeopardise their position and their chances of escape.
I realise what a great disappointment this will be to you, but feel sure that you will accept the Air Ministry's decision and know that if at any time it is possible for us to communicate with these men on your behalf, we will most certainly do so.
Yours sincerely,
[signature] Margaret Ampthill pp NM
Chairman.
Mrs. M. Newton,
39a, Popes Grove Mansions,
Heath road,
TWICKENHAM.
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Letter to Jack Newton's wife from Red Cross
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Writes that they had been advised by the air ministry not to try and contact two other members of her husband's crew in France to get information about her husband. Contract might jeopardize their position and chances to escape.
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M Ampthill
Date
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1941-11-05
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Twickenham (London)
England--Middlesex
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1941-11-05
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One page typewritten letter
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eng
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Text. Correspondence
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SNewtonJL742570v10054
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Jan Waller
missing in action
Red Cross