Sam Anderson Barron

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34597.jpeg UPL 34597 Staff Sergeant Sam Anderson Barron, Waist Gunner, 305th Bomb Group. John Kuhlmann Collection

Information provide by John Kuhlmann, a relative of Otto W. Kuhlmann of the 305th Bomb Group.

Object Number - UPL 34597 - Staff Sergeant Sam Anderson Barron, Waist Gunner, 305th Bomb Group.

Sam Barron worked as a carpenter before the war and enlisted in August 1942. He served as a gunner with the 305th Bomb Group.



He was Killed in Action on 26 July 1943 in B-17 42-30282 when the aircraft came under intense enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. He was wounded in the leg and side early in the mission and had been hit several times and remained at his gun position until fatally hit just as they hit the water and was in the ditching position in the radio compartment with other crew members, he said that he was wounded and not to forget to help him out. He was lying on the radio floor in the ditching position when a German fighter strafed them above and hit him down the middle starting from his head on down and he was dead when they hit the water. Remains not found.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738558
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661550
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisiana, USA 6 May 1921

Enlisted

New Orleans, LA, USA 15 August 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Borkum, Germany 26 July 1943

Buried

Memorialised on the Tablets of the Missing.

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Biographical details provide by John Kuhlmann, a relative of Otto W. Kuhlmann of the 305th Bomb Group.

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

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ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 95 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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