42-5839

media-45088.jpeg UPL 45088 Flight Officer George Robert Barnett - Picture source: Class 42-K Air Force Basic Flying School, Minter Field, CA

Flight Officer George Robert Barnett - Picture source: Class 42-K Air Force Basic Flying School, Minter Field, CA

Object Number - UPL 45088 - Flight Officer George Robert Barnett - Picture source: Class 42-K Air Force Basic Flying School, Minter Field, CA

Delivered Long Beach 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 25/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [FR-X] Kimbolton 16/4/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is 25/6/43 with Ken Quade, Co-pilot: George Barnett, Bombardier: Wallace Cosper, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Burnes, Radio Operator: Jim Edinger, Ball turret gunner: Ray Heron, Waist gunner: Hugo Pettinatti, Waist gunner: Joe Owesny,Tail gunner: Kingsley Nelson (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Hughes (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Dingstede, eight miles E of Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1367.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

George R Barnett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Chester Link Burnes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34256929
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Wallace James Cosper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733281
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Edward Edinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33168703
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Raymond S Heron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36222383
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Mundeloh, Nr. Oldenburg, Germany 25 June 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Corrected '325BS/379BG ' to '526BS/379BG'
Source: MACR 1367

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1367 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-5839: Gallery (6 items)

Object number: UPL 45088 - Flight Officer George Robert Barnett - Picture...

Object number: UPL 45089 - Flight Engineer Chester Link Burnes - Picture...

Object number: UPL 45091 - SSgt James Edward Edinger

Object number: UPL 45092 - SSgt Raymond Samuel Heron

Object number: UPL 45093 - 2nd Lt. William Grant Hughes. Picture source...

Object number: UPL 45094 - Flight Officer Kenneth A. Quade