Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36215/supplements/4617. Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton (Aus. 748), Royal Australian Air Force, No. 22 Squadron. On 16th March 1943 in New Guinea, South-west Pacific, when leading an attack, Flight Lieutenant Newton's aircraft was hit repeatedly, but in spite of this he flew through heavy fire and dropped his bombs from low level on buildings and fuel dumps. He managed to get his crippled machine back to base and next day returned and bombed in the same area, but this time the aircraft burst into flames and with great difficulty he brought it down in the sea. He and his flight sergeant were taken prisoner by the Japanese and later thought to have been executed.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36215/supplements/4617. Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton (Aus. 748), Royal Australian Air Force, No. 22 Squadron. On 16th March 1943 in New Guinea, South-west Pacific, when leading an attack, Flight Lieutenant Newton's aircraft was hit repeatedly, but in spite of this he flew through heavy fire and dropped his bombs from low level on buildings and fuel dumps. He managed to get his crippled machine back to base and next day returned and bombed in the same area, but this time the aircraft burst into flames and with great difficulty he brought it down in the sea. He and his flight sergeant were taken prisoner by the Japanese and later thought to have been executed.