Herman R Barnes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 24 February 1945.



In this 2nd Air Division newsletter there is an account of what happened on 24 Feb 1945 from Stephen Bolcar, one of the crew: http://www.heritageleague.org/files/2007iii-Fall-Winter.pdf

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7619

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bunnie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 30 September 1943

Died

24 February 1945

Born

Maryland

Buried

Plot C Row 4 Grave 49

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/538717#.WW8pGU2GOM9

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44, ABMC, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia