Renford; MIA went to Renford's Mother; Mrs. Lottie M Newkirk, 828 Oak Street, Cincinatti, Ohio

321stBG,445thBS,#41-13129 (No Name or Art Yet) MACR 2478

OPS 258-257 GROUP Mission 220 ORTE' Marshalling Yards. Lt Newkirk's and his Crew shot down by enemy fighters.   321stBG445thBS----KIA on 21 Feb 1944:
     445th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 258/mission 257) Group Mission # 220: Today’s mission was to bomb the Orte marshalling yards. It cost this Squadron one plane – Lt. Newkirk and his crew – to attacks by enemy fighters. Sgt. Cecil F. Carson, turret gunner in the Squadron claimed a Focke Wulf 190 in the battle between the B-25’s and about 8 Focke Wulf 190’s.
     445th BS: Extracts from Missing Air Crew Report # 2478:
A/C No. 41-13129 (MACR-2478 - shot down at target)
P Newkirk, Renford R., 2Lt - KIA
CP Cook, William K., 2Lt - KIA
N None
B Forney, William A. “Bill”, 2Lt - KIA
E Carner, Donald E., Sgt - KIA
R Carson, Donald (NMI), Sgt - KIA
G Lewis, Harold E., Sgt - KIA_

Newkirk, Renford R., 2Lt., Pilot, Enlistment Service # : Officer’s Service # : O-675367 KILLED IN ACTION on 21 February 1944

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

UNAVAILABLE~ENLISTMENT RECORD CANNOT BE FOUND

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 Name: Renford R Newkirk Gender: Male Race: White
Religion: Protestant Cemetery Name: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky

Disposition: Administrative Decision Service Branch: Army Rank: Second Lieutenant Service Number: 675367

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name: Renford R Newkirk Service Info.: S/LT US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II Death Date: 21 Feb 1944 Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Cemetery Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40207

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name: Renford R Newkirk Service Info.: S/LT AIR FORCES US Army
Death Date: 21 Feb 1944 Interment Date: 14 Feb 1950 Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

Cemetery Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road Louisville , KY 40207 Buried At: Section E Site 286

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator NEWKIRK, RENFORD R S/LT US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II DATE OF DEATH: 02/21/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION E SITE 286 ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY 4701 BROWNSBORO ROAD LOUISVILLE, KY 40207

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.   Registry~NARA~War Department Files Honoree Hometown Service Source
Renford R. Newkirk Cuyahoga County, OH U.S. Army National Archives   2 LT Renford R. Newkirk ID: 0-675367
Branch of Service: U.S. Army Hometown: Cuyahoga County, OH   Status: KIA
+++++++++++++++++++++++--https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3303946 Renford's Find a Grave

Barbi Ennis Connolly Princessbarbi_B25@msn.com Historian / Research by Patti Johnson and John Fitzgerald and Barbara Connolly