Walter T Barlow Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13412.jpeg UPL 13412 Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13412 - Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Killed In Service

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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

B B Neel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mississippi, USA 23 April 1924

Enlisted

Hattiesburg, MS, USA 7 September 1942 Camp Shelby

Died

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 20 January 1944 Barlow was KIS when his aircraft lost an engine and crashed approximately 2 miles short of the airfield. He was the only crewman killed in the accident.

Buried

McComb, MS, USA Hollywood Cemetery McComb Pike County Mississippi, USA

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barlow&GSfn=Walt…;
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough - pages 5-6

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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 223 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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