Edmund Lee Barraclough

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).



Post war: Served in the USAF for 26 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Bessette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Horace Hall Beyette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19056985 / O-742940
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Reece Darwin Donley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16124454
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William Stewart Duree

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Vincent Victor Orman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32142625
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-29737

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Louise
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (QW-T, serial number 42-30288) nicknamed "Louise II" of the 95th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'QW=T name appears to be "...-UISE II", "II" may be a 'D' and dark stain may be blotting out part of name. Note old star markings and no 'B' in square. Date 5/12/43.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bordeaux 5/12/43.'

42-30288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Louise II
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A crsashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3273) of the 95th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1746. MRU. 12-23-43. Repps, Norfolk Co. B-17F, 42-3273. A." Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/12/43 A.' On reverse: Damaged USAAF Photographic Station 505 [Stamp].

42-3273

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Beaver, UT 5 June 1918 Son of Edmuns Steele and Ida Mae [Lee] Barraclough.

Enlisted

31 October 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 July 1967

Died

Albuquerque, NM 11 July 2002

Buried/ Commemorated

Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM 4 October 2002 Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Based

Horham Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php