Fl Lt Newitt Crew

The Grimsby Telegraph recently published a three-page article about John Piper, who flew in Flight Lieutenant Newitt's crew for most of 1943 - 1945. F/Lt "Roly" Newitt, later Squadron Leader Newitt, became Flight Commander A Flight.

The crew pictured in the article were:

The picture below shows F/Lt Newitt and crew.

F/L Newitt and crew.
Left To Right: F/L Roland Newitt, F/O Johny Wright, F/O Bill Williams, W/O Billy Hill, F/O Levene, F/Sgt John Piper, F/O Harry Quick
Picture courtesy of Colin Brannigan

Grimsby Telegraph - Bygones

The article, written by Colin Brannigan, appeared in the Grimsby Telegraph, Special Publication "Bygones" Edition, in December 2010, No. 228 (pages 10, 11 and 12). After the war John Piper was a reporter on The Star, Sheffield, but this article describes the war years and in particular his time as an air-gunner with 550 Squadron in North Killingholme.

You can obtain a copy of the publication from the http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/ web-site (price 75p).

Operational Tour List

Full list of ops flown by F/L Newitt and crew (November 1944 - April 1945)
Information courtesy of Jim Cameron

Harry Quick - Air-Gunner

	F/O Harry Quick Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron
	F/L Newitt and crew (550 Sqdn) Back row L-To-R: S/L M (Roland) Newitt, F/Sgt J E Piper, F/O I Levene, W/O WG (Billy) Hill, F/O G Williams Seated: F/O J B Wright, F/O F H Quick Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron
	Harry Quick and 101 Sqdn crew (inc. ground crew) Back row L-To-R: Harry Quick, Ron McCord, 4 unknown, Jack Dicks Seated: L-To-R: Frank Smith, John Studd, Jack Ingram [Nav. Don Hanslow missing as he was behind the camera] Picture taken in front of Lanc W4993, autumn 1943. Full crew list: Frank Smith (P), Jack Ingram (F/Eng), Don Hanslow (Nav), Jack Dicks (W/Op), John Studd (B/A), Ron McCord (RAAF, MU/AG), Harry Quick (R/AG) Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron

	Harry Quick story Information courtesy of Jim Cameron
	Harry Quick 1st Tour (with 101 Squadron): list of ops Information courtesy of Jim Cameron