Jack Thomas Barrie
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service to 1st Scouting Force, Returned to 385FS. Credited 1 x Kill. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Grofhorn. Hit by flak in P-51 44-13657 strafing a train, may have baled out but chute failed near Holzen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12502.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- 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-51 Mustang
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington, USA | 7 November 1920 | Son of Fred Elwin and Christine Dorothy [Faldborg] Barrie. |
Other Crashed |
Aloe, TX 77905, USA | 15 May 1944 | Landing Accident Aloe AAF, Texas Cat 3 damage 2nd Lt Jack T Barrie, 15-May-44. P-40N 42-105412 - 2538BU AAFCFTC. |
Based |
Honington | 28 October 1944 | Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 27 December 1944 | E/A destroyed 27-Dec-44. |
Other Detached Service |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 20 January 1945 | Detached Service 1st Scouting Force. |
Other Returned |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 4 February 1945 | Returned 385th Fighter Squadron. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Holzen, Germany | 19 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Grofhorn. Hit by flak in P-51 44-13657 strafing a train, may have baled out but chute failed near Holzen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12502. |
Buried |
37632 Holzen, Germany | 20 February 1945 | Interred Holzen Cemetery. |
Buried |
San Bruno, CA, USA | Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County California, USA. | |
Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 12502 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 12502 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database