Richard I Barrett
Military
Object Number - UPL 23721 - 1st Lt Richard I Barrett 338FS, 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x missions. Credited with 1 x air kill and 1 x ground kill. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hamm. After strafing Vörden aerodrome, possibly hit by flak crashed near Vörden on 26-Nov-44 in P-51D 'Purple Shaft' 44-14167. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10538.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, Korean and UN medals.
Post War: Remained in USAF, serving in Korea.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Montgomery County, PA, USA | 30 January 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 17 February 1941 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 3 September 1944 - 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed Air |
98617 Meiningen, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Bf109 destroyed Sth Meiningen 11-Sep-44. |
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Other Promoted |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 23 October 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Shot down |
Vörden, 37696 Marienmünster, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hamm. After strafing Vernen aerodrome, possibly hit by flak crashed near Vörden on 26-Nov-44 in P-51D 'Purple Shaft' 44-14167. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10538. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other E/A Destroyed Ground |
Vörden, 37696 Marienmünster, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Fw190 destroyed (ground) Vörden A/F 26-Nov-44. |
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Died |
Virginia, USA | 27 July 2012 | |
| Fairfield, CT, USA | |||
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Buried |
Dublin, VA 24084, USA | Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery Dublin Pulaski County Virginia, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
