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Barry Royal Hicks

Military

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

The insignia of the 361st Fighter Group.

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Bottisham airfield, looking east, the PSP runway runs vertically up the image, 13 April 1942. Photograph taken by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, sortie number RAF/HLA/482. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

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

Date21 Oct 2019 20:34:24

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:19

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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