Robert R Barnes
Military ROLL OF HONOURHit by flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-5909. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Jane
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cleburne, Texas, USA | 17 September 1920 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 4 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Itasca Cemetary, Itasca, TX 76055, USA |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Birth date and Burial detail from http://www.findagrave.com.
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 3361,
Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
page 21 in HISTORY OF THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF THE 482nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP D790.G482.M6, 1944
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 3361 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database