Robert Arthur Barraclough
Military
Object Number - UPL 32223 - "Capt R A Barraclough of the 490th Bomb Group, wears the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him at an 8th Air Force base in England."
Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 35 combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, American campaign, EAME (2 x battle stars).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17090235 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19130204 / O-704575
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37554475
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17119139 / O-698513
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39291737
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Centre County, PA | 23 August 1919 | Son of Arthur and Alice Irene [O'Brien] Barraclough. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 3 September 1941 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
15 November 2011 | ||
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Buried |
Centre County Memorial Park State College, Centre County, PA | 18 November 2011 | Centre County Memorial Park State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Eye | Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
