Harry Hamilton Barnes Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 26639 - 1Lt Harry Barnes 487th FS
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2.5 x destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) skip bombing mission in P-51 44-13588, whilst strafing several gun emplacements was hit by return fire causing engine to trail black smoke, belly landed in field near Fauville. Evaded EVD 13-Aug-44. MACR 7601.
Awards: DFC, AM (8OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).
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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
- Nicknames: Barne Stormer Williams Villian Kay
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Williams Villian
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Erie County, NY, USA | 20 December 1922 | Son of Harry Hamilton Sr and Agnes [Smith] Barnes. |
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Based |
Bodney | 23 February 1944 - 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 12 May 1944 | Me109 destroyed. Germany. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Me109 destroyed. Dessau, Germany. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Me109 damaged. Dessau, Germany. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 30 May 1944 | Me109 destroyed. Germany. |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
27930 Fauville, France | 13 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) skip bombing mission in P-51 44-13588, whilst strafing several gun emplacements was hit by return fire causing engine to trail black smoke, belly landed in field near Fauville. EVD 13-Aug-44. MACR 7601. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 13 September 1944 | |
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Died |
Albany, OR, USA | 21 February 1980 | |
| Williamsville, NY 14221, USA | |||
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Buried |
Willamette Memorial Park Albany Linn County OR | Willamette Memorial Park Albany Linn County Oregon, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Barnes
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Barnes%2C+Har…
https://www.fold3.com/image/29406552
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Mission 376: Battle over the Reich, May 28, 1944 by Ivo de Jong
P-51 Mustang by Gardner N. Hatch, Winter Frank H.
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Barnes
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Barnes%2C+Har…
https://www.fold3.com/image/29406552
https://www.fold3.com/page/83569342_harry_h%20barnes/details/
Mission 376: Battle over the Reich, May 28, 1944 by Ivo de Jong
P-51 Mustang by Gardner N. Hatch, Winter Frank H.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barnes&GSfn=Harry…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7601 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
