Barry Royal Hicks

Military
media-12963.jpeg UPL 12963 Lt. Col. George R Rew. 374th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106763 B7-R_ "Scarlet Kate".

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Object Number - UPL 12963 - Lt. Col. George R Rew. 374th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106763 B7-R_ "Scarlet Kate".

Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2 x destroyed, 1 x damaged.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.



USAAF portrait - https://361fg.com/Main/Enlarge/374fs/curvac.htm

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (PE-S, serial number 42-106763) nicknamed "Snoot's Sniper" of the 352nd Fighter Group at Mount Farm. Image By Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Snooters Snitpers PE:S at Mount Farm.'

42-106763

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Snoopys Sniper Scarlet Kate
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

44-15323

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Curvacious Mary
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Forest City, NC 26 August 1923 Son of C C Hicks.

Enlisted

Nashville, TN 8 March 1943 Nashville Ac Facilities Tennessee

Died

Cincinnati, OH 18 February 2008

Other

End of War

Europe

Other

Promotion

Bottisham, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Bottisham Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/26872485-barry-r-hicks
https://www.fold3.com/record/83825182-barry-r-hicks
https://www.fold3.com/image/597718357?terms=barry,816,hicks
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://361fg.com/374fs.htm

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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