Dante G Barron

Military

24-Jul-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 303BG records do not record the exact date that he arrived in the UK, but probably in Oct-42. 303BG records do not indicate that he had a permanent crew assignment until 1-May-43. He participated in 26 Operations and completed his combat tour on 17-Aug-43.

Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24517

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kali
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

41-24587

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Check
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Lieutenant Fort W. Lipe of the 303rd Bomb Group, signals 'V for Victory' from the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-T, serial number 41-24610 ) nicknamed "Joe Btfsplk II". Passed for publication 16 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Lt. Fort W. Lipe, of the Air Corps, of Irving, Illinois was with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. He is 23 and is engaged to Miss Edith Kesinger, of 314 North-St., Normal, Illinois. His greeting is silent, optimistic and emphatic. As O.P.S. he sends it in the V sign.' On

41-24610

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Joe Btfsplk II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned to Unit

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 24 July 1942 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Other

Mission #1, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS

Lille, France 6 December 1942 Served as a substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24587, 303BG/427BS

Lorient, France 23 January 1943 Served as a substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24587 "Bad Check", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS - Aborted

Hamm, Germany 2 February 1943 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "JoeBTFSPLK" on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie.

Revisions

Date18 Feb 2016 23:57:14
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf

Date18 Feb 2016 23:52:12
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added connections to 41-24610 and mission of 2-Feb-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf

Date20 Jan 2016 00:36:12
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf

Date20 Jan 2016 00:32:17
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf

Date20 Jan 2016 00:26:56
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Unit event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Fort W. Lipe crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/427lipe.html

Date20 Jan 2016 00:24:21
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to biography, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Summary Biography; made connections to PLace, Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43), Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Fort W. Lipe crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/427lipe.html

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:55
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster