Lyall Barnhart Jr

Military
media-33185.jpeg UPL 33185 First Lieutenant Ellsworth H. Shields and his crew at 458th BG, Horsham St Faith, England.
STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Vernon Gilbertson - TG, Ralph Chavkin - BTG, Edward Wilk - NTG, Paul Peters - WG, Ellsworth Shields - RO, Carl Kressin - E
KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT: Roger Williams - N, Matthew Dorfman - B, Louis Vehslage - P, Lyall Barnhart - CP (to become Pilot in Jan. 1945. ) Charles D Taylor collection

AAM

Object Number - UPL 33185 - First Lieutenant Ellsworth H. Shields and his crew at 458th BG, Horsham St Faith, England. STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Vernon Gilbertson - TG, Ralph...

Completed tour with 752BS, 653BG, 8AF on B-24's as a Co-pilot in Vehslage crew. 2nd tour as pilot on de Havilland Mosquitos with 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance
Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32802729
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-773314
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36762332
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06919132
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33683850
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wolves Lair
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky 1
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma City, OK 5 February 1923 Son of Lyall I. and Harriett Malinda 'Linda' [Scannell] Barnhart.

Died

Oklahoma City, OK 24 August 1996

Buried

Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK 27 August 1996 Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 752BS, 653BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Watton Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

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