Robert E Barnhart
MilitaryNARA Ref 342-FH-3A45813-A59403AC.
August 1944-April 1945; P-5l PIá? /Margie Darling/
7/42-2/43 AAC Reserve in Angola, IN, basic training Miami Beach, FL, College Training at Univ. of Pittsburgh, Flight Training from 6/43 - Adv. Flt. in Dothan, AL 2/44, commissioned 2nd Lt. ; Fighter Training 2/44-6/44 in Dothan & Dover, Del. ; in England 6/44, Combat Fighter Training w/495th Fighter Training Group 7/44; transferred to 356th FG; flew both P-47s & P-51s on 75 missions w/303 combat hours; last mission 3/31/45; flew on all 3 support missions of Allied Aerial Invasion of Holland in Sept. '44; was also a technical inspector.
DFC/ AM w/ 6 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 3 Battle Stars/ Unit Citation
2 in Air & 1 damaged. (14 March 1945 shot down 1 Arado 234)
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lena, Illinois | 10 December 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Baer Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809, USA | 29 July 1942 | Baer Field Fort Wayne Indiana |
Based |
Martlesham Heath | 1 August 1944 - 11 April 1945 | Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 16 March 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 11 April 1945 | |
Died |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 28 October 2014 | |
Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Freeport, IL 61032, USA | |||
Buried |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati Hamilton County Ohio, USA | |
Other Combat training |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, UK | Combat Fighter Training with 495th Fighter Training Group. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self