Joseph S Barnes
Military ROLL OF HONOURKIA in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall. Planes were weatherbound for 3 days there.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Saint Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK | 7 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft crashed into the Celtic Sea near RAF St. Eval while attempting to return to Thurleigh. |
Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Jan-2015. Added SN, decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Added crew position and minor edits to Description; KOM event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 18-Jan-2015. Added SN, decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Added crew position and minor edits to Description; KOM event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.
Combat Chronology Supplement, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 62, 306th BG Squadron Diaries 1942-45 p. 8 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia