LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Kent NEWBERY
Service No: 407725
Born: Mount Lofty SA, 2 March 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 January 1941
Unit: No. 49 Squadron (RAF), RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations (No. 49 Squadron Lancaster aircraft R5897), Germany, 29 August 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Kent Newbery and Constance May Newbery, of Mitcham, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Lancaster R5897 took off from RAF Scampton at 2104 hours on the night of 28/29th August 1942 detailed to bomb Nuremberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. A Missing Research & Enquiry team report stated “The aircraft crashed near Kalchreuth between 0100 and 0200 hours on 29 August 1942 and all the crew members lost their lives.”
The crew members of R5897 were:
Sergeant John Breivis (R/132533) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edward George Burton (1202457) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Leslie James Capton (R/127800) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Ernest Claude Ibbotson (988498) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kent Newbery (407725) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant James Duckett Osbaldeston (619416) (RAF) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Gilbert Aitken Swan (407354) (Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/147/281
Bibliography:
Gaston, Bruce DFC (406646), Harry Horner DFC OAM (406595), Raymond Storer (406666) (Editors), Aircrew for the Duration: of and by members of RAAF EATS Courses 10, 11, 12 & 13, Gaston Horner and Storer, Nedlands WA, 1990