Burrel F. Newman, 527th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group

I would like to recognize my grandfather, Burrel Franklin Newman, who died over Germany in 1943 at the age of 27. He was a parachute infantryman before he joined the Air Corps and became a B-17 pilot. He left behind a wife and two young sons that also later became Air Force pilots ( & two grandsons that became military pilots). I often think about how he didn't get to live into old age and see his sons grow up and feel like we, the living, owe it to those that never returned to make the most of the lives we were given and never take for granted the sacrifices they made.