Henry Richardson Barr

Military
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Sylvia B Carter

Object Number - UPL 54629 - Henry R Barr

Tail gunner, Laux crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Damaged by fighters on the return from mission #67 to the marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944. B-17 42-31099 'Tenabove' crashed near Poix-de-Picardie, FR after the crew bailed out. MACR 2431. He was transferred to the Air Force Hospital at Amiens. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.



Awards: AM, PH, POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37059494
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39104963
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746646
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18131846
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner, Radio Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11085139
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tenabove
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Athens, TN 26 September 1923 Son of William Henry and Pearl Norma [Jones] Barr.

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Ridgewell 26 December 1943 - 11 February 1944 Assigned to 532BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 11 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Sweetwater, TN 1 January 2015 Cremated.
Charlotte, NC Charlotte, North Carolina

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2431 / MACR 2431, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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