Father: Louis Newmark, a manufacturer (d. 1924), Mother: Elizabeth [Abrahams] (d. 1939) Ed. Peterborough Lodge (now Downsend) ; Lausanne, Switzerland RAeC Certificate 16103 dated 3 Aug 1938, taken at Airwork School of Flying He was "a magnificent bridge player"; A member of the winning Bridge Championship Gold Cup team in 1932-33
prev. Watch Manufacturer; Ministry of Aircraft Production Mar 1940 - Feb 1941
prev. exp. 227 hrs in "Gipsy Major" types, and a Fiat biplane Address in 1941: Flat 11, 37 Grosvenor Square, London W.1 Postings: 6FPP, 1FPP
Off sick from 24 Dec 1942 to 9 Jan 1943 with bronchitis; 12 Mar to 6 Apr 1943 with influenza, and 16 to 29 Mar 1944 with bronchitis and asthma
9 accidents, 6 his fault: - 20 Apr 1941, a taxying accident in Tiger Moth W7954 - 25 Jan 1942, an error of judgement landing Hurricane BN579 in a strong wind - 27 Mar 1942, his Hurricane IIb Z3401 collided with a Hudson whist taxying - 15 Apr 1942, a target drogue dropped from another aircraft onto his Spitfire Vb AR3422 whilst he was taxying - 8 Sep 1942, when training on the Hudson, he "misused the throttles whilst landing" Hudson III AE537. (later amended to 'no responsibility', as the Hudson did not have full dual controls) - 15 Nov 1942, he failed to control the landing swing in Spitfire BR415 - 15 Jan 1943, when landing Hurricane IIc KX402, he overshot in order to avoid an Oxford taxying towards him, but hit a parked Fairchild instead (not blamed for this one) - 7 Mar 1943, he overshot a landing in Spitfire V R7030, ground-looped and the undercarriage collapsed - 5 Jul 1943, he failed to control the take-off swing in Mosquito IX LR513, and the undercarriage collapsed
"A good officer with a pleasant personality. His accident record might suggest a lack of ability as a pilot. I do not think that this is so and I believe that he has had more than his fair share of misfortune and that his ability is adequate" - N Whitehurst, his CO at 1FPP
m. Jul 1946 in Marylebone, Margaret Ellen 'Faith' [Bennett], also of the ATA:
Under Herbert's chairmanship, Louis Newmark Ltd's activities included electronic precision equipment and components, importing and selling Swiss watches, engineering, industrial needles and "miscellaneous activities". d. 25 Dec 1989 - Horsham, W Sussex
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1938
Ancestry
Herbert's business card
Faith (l) and Herbert (r) visiting Gleneagles Hotel in 1952
