Gerald Leslie Barker

Military
media-7379.jpeg UPL 7379

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Object Number - UPL 7379

Flew 35 missions beginning March 1944 through D-Day



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spare Parts
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Out of Season - Dont Shoot
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 21 June 1918
Armagh, PA 16 October 1940

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944

Died

Pennsylvania 21 March 2018

Buried

Williamsburg, PA 24 March 2018 Presbyterian Cemetery Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Seward, PA 15954, USA Route #1

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Officers of Attlebridge Booklet - 466th BG publication 1945
Attlebridge Arsenal - page 68

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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