Emmett Shipman Barrentine Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 23646 - Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw,...
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in both Korea and Vietnam rising to the rank of Major by 1960 when flying for 337 FIS, he was forced to 'take to the silk' on 13-Jun-60 for the 1st time in 18 years active flying duty. Went on to make Colonel before retiring.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Brat
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Memphis, TN, USA | 9 April 1924 | Son of Emmett S and Roxy Barrentine. |
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Enlisted |
Airport Rd, Columbus, MS 39701, USA | 11 December 1942 | Columbus AAF Mississippi USA |
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Based |
Boxted | 16 January 1945 - 20 July 1945 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 20 July 1945 | Completed Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Other Crashed |
Phillipston, MA 01331, USA | 13 June 1960 | Ejected at low level from F-104A 56-806 after low oil pressure caused an engine failure on a test flight. Landed near Queen Lake and A/C crashed a ¼ mile west of Phillipston, Massachusetts. |
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Died |
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, 7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138, USA | 28 April 2007 | Died at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. |
| Grenada County, MS, USA | |||
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Buried |
Memphis, TN, USA | West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Memphis Shelby County Tennessee, USA. |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Barrentine&Submi…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84095447_emmett_s%20barrentine%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/625686633_emmett_barrentine%20%20(1924)/deta…
http://www.i-f-s.nl/accidents-incidents-1960/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barrentine&GSfn=E…;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Barrentine&Submi…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84095447_emmett_s%20barrentine%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/625686633_emmett_barrentine%20%20(1924)/deta…
http://www.i-f-s.nl/accidents-incidents-1960/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barrentine&GSfn=E…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
