George P Barrett
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26783 - 1st. Lt. George P. Barrett, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost 14-June-45 Mid air collision in P-51 43-6686 10 miles East Orfordness Killed in Training (KIT).
Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Miami Beach, FL, USA | 3 February 1943 | |
|
Based |
Leiston | 19 December 1944 - 14 June 1945 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 14 March 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
|
Died Killed in Training |
10 miles E of Orford Ness, Woodbridge IP12, UK | 14 June 1945 | Lost 14-June-45 Mid air collision in P-51 43-6686 10 miles East Orfordness Killed in Training (KIT). |
|
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing. | ||
| Pennsylvania, USA | |||
|
Born |
Bradford County, PA, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=6686
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Barrett%2C+Georg…
https://www.fold3.com/page/529901652_george_p%20barrett/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/83629143_george_p%20barrett/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barrett&GSfn=Geor…;
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
