James C Barnes
Military
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UPL 41808
The Chelmore Crew. Unfortunately not all identified
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Picture Courtesy of Josephine Manno. Daughter of Paul
Shot down by flak and crashed along the Scheldt River on the return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-39960. Evaded. Hidden in Belgium until the Liberation in September 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34036003
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19071564 at enlistment, then O-741881
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679193
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688636
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32684807
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Evaded |
Belgium | 2 March 1944 | Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance until the Liberation of Belgium |
Born |
Synder, Texas, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2856 / MACR 2856, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database