Daniel J Barberis

Military

Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29666 'Dearly Beloved'. Plane ditched into North Sea. Returned to base.



Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29777 'Peck's Bad Boys', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29777

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peck's Bad Boys
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 28 July 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Removed duplicate info in the role field.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor; MACR 125, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 129 198 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database