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Carl W Barlow

Military

Corporal Carl Barlow of the 20th Fighter Group prepares to load .50 Calibre ammunition into a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler" flown by Lieutenant Colonelt Cyril Wilsion, June 1944. Handwritten on slide:"Cy Wilson's a/c 1944 55th Ftr 20th FtrGp. CPL CARL BARLOW Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY 1905 13TH ST. EUREKA, CA 95501"

media-388501.jpg FRE 5418 Corporal Carl Barlow of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group prepares to load .50 caliber ammunition into P-38J-15-LO, s/n 43-28393, coded KI-W_, nicknamed "Wrangler", flown by Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Wilson, June 1944. Aircraft transferred to 474th Fighter Group, 430th Fighter Squadron as K6-L. Aircraft lost 8 June1945 on routine flight west of Strasbourg, France.

Handwritten on slide:"Cy Wilson's a/c 1944 55th Ftr 20th FtrGp. CPL CARL BARLOW Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY 1905 13TH ST. EUREKA, CA 95501" Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5418 - Corporal Carl Barlow of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group prepares to load .50 caliber ammunition into P-38J-15-LO, s/n 43-28393, coded...

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cambridge, Ohio

Revisions

Date14 Jul 2015 10:16:52

Contributorjrugman

Changes

Sources

Picture captioned "Cpl Carl Barlow with a belt of .50-calibre ammunition" Page 86, The Mighty Eighth in Color, Roger Freeman

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:10

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Corporal Carl Barlow of the 20th Fighter Group prepares to load .50 Calibre ammunition into a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler" flown by Lieutenant Colonelt Cyril Wilsion, June 1944. Handwritten on slide:"Cy Wilson's a/c 1944 55th Ftr 20th FtrGp. CPL CARL BARLOW Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY 1905 13TH ST. EUREKA, CA 95501"

Object number: FRE 5418 - Corporal Carl Barlow of the 55th Fighter Squadron...