John Randolph Barron
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.
Object Number - UPL 15063 - Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.
Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regensberg.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33695297
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18177216 / O-2057345
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1945
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
15 May 1923 | ||
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Died |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 | |
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Buried |
Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA | Laurelwood Cemetery Plot: Section 8, lot 2 |
Revisions
Added a connection to the AF mission #941 to Regensburg, GR on 11 Apr 1945.
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).
http://www.usaafdata.com/
Ancestry.com
Find A Grave Memorial# 42637913
446th BG History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
