Sam Barr

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media-35574.jpeg UPL 35574 'Torchy' A2 flying jacket of Lt. Col. Sam 'Sammy' Barr, at the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

My photo, taken 7 October 2018.

Object Number - UPL 35574 - 'Torchy' A2 flying jacket of Lt. Col. Sam 'Sammy' Barr, at the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

14 JAN 44 FORET D HESDIN (FLEW 50 MISSIONS/ ORG 100TH). CPT

Original 349th Bomb Squadron Pilot,

C/O of the 349th Bomb Squadron,

flew 50 missions with the 100th Bomb Group.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

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Information gathered after vistiing the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

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Information gathered after visiting the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp

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