Fletcher Barnes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hannover on 9/12/44 in B-24 Lambsy-Divey #4440170



Air Medal; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40170

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lambsy Divey
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Paris, OH 45347, USA 4 December 1922

Enlisted

Claremont, New Hampshire, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Hanover, Germany 12 September 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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 8859

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 8859 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database