Eugene Everett Barnum Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURStanding in front of P-47C 41-6232, 6233 or 6237 all of which were 61FS aircraft.
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed one tour of duty, returning for a second tour. Credited with two aerial kills. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Bingen in P-47 44-19739, positioning himself for a deflection shot on a Bf109, 2nd Lt Wyman A Baker in P-47 42-28741 collided with him causing an explosion and the loss of both aircraft and the death of both pilots. Killed in Action (KIA). 2-Dec-44. MACR 10801.
Awards: DFC (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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-821833
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Snow White
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 December 1944
- Date: 24 October 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gaines, NY 14411, USA | 13 May 1917 | Son of Eugene Everett and Florence C [Bates] Barnum. |
Enlisted |
Rochester, NY, USA | 26 September 1941 | Entered the service from New York. |
Other Commissioned / Wings awarded |
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, 1000 Great Meadow Rd, Stratford, CT 06615, USA | 29 April 1942 | Awarded wings and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Other Crashed |
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, 1000 Great Meadow Rd, Stratford, CT 06615, USA | 20 June 1942 | During formation practice in P-47B 41-5919, engine started to misfire, then began throwing oil and trailing smoke, finally the engine seized. Already heading back to base, he belly landed in marsh area short of Bridgeport airport. |
Other Crashed |
Halesworth IP19, UK | 27 September 1943 | Landing Accident Halesworth/Sta 365 Cat 3 damage Lt Eugene E Barnum, 27-Sep-43. 430927 P-47C 41-6337 61FS 56FG 8AF |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Rheine, Germany | 5 November 1943 | Fw190 destroyed Rheine. 5-Nov-43. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 30 January 1944 | Fw190 destroyed Germany. 30-Jan-44. |
Died |
Dorf-Güll, 35415 Pohlheim, Germany | 2 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Bingen in P-47 44-19739, positioning himself for a deflection shot on a Bf109, 2nd Lt Wyman A Baker in P-47 42-28741 collided with him causing an explosion and the loss of both aircraft and the death of both pilots. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10801. |
Buried |
Dorf-Güll, 35415 Pohlheim, Germany | 3 December 1944 | Dorf-Güll cemetery, Germany. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended 1st Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
Buried |
Lies alongside his brother 2nd Lt William J Barnum, 9th army infantry. | ||
Based |
Boxted | Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Boxted | 2 December 1944 | Returned for 2nd tour to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Albion, NY 14411, USA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list