Barney Lihn
MilitaryAssigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6013
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 49th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729824
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 49th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Vineland, NJ | 9 September 1910 | Son of Abraham Lihn. |
Died |
Cherbourg Peninsula, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR POW MACR 6013 |
Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot C Row 12 Grave 43 | ||
Based |
Folkingham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. |