Jack Thomas Barrie

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23727.jpeg UPL 23727 1st Lt Jack T Barrie 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 23727 - 1st Lt Jack T Barrie 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • 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

Date
Changes
Sources

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

Date
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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