Derek Newman
Leading Airman, H.M.S. Saker
Service number FX705115
Died 11 Oct 1944
Buried Lafayette (Temple Israel) Jewish Cemetery, United States of America
Age 18
Derek was born on 1 March 1926 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire to Abraham, a grocery manager, and Violet nee Holly and he had a younger brother Maurice.
Derek attended Wolverhampton Municipal Secondary School before enlisting into the Royal Navy. He was based at H.M.S. Saker just outside New York when he was sent for aircraft training. Derek was killed in an accidental aircraft crash in rural Miami, Indiana.


