Fred Harrison Barrett
MilitaryTheatre familiarisation with 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. End of War (EOW).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (9OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, American Campaign and Defense, Occupation Medal, Korean and UN Medal, PH.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korea, claiming a Mig15 and rising to the rank of Captain. Killed Baling Out of F-86A 49-1171, 9 miles NE of Darmstadt, Germany. 11-Jan-54. Killed in Service (KIS).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Cali Kid
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Butley
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ellensburg, WA, USA | 24 April 1924 | Son of Benjamin Harrison and Nancy J Barrett. |
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA, USA | 19 January 1943 | |
Other Baled out |
Montford, Shrewsbury SY4, UK | 11 August 1944 | Baled Out due to Explosion Shelcott Farm, Montfort Cat 5 damage 2nd Lt Fred H Barrett, 11-Aug-44. P-47C 41-6532W - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF |
Based |
21 August 1944 | Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 22 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
6 June 1952 | Mig15 destroyed, NKAF pilot ejected, near Yangmok-tang, Korea. 6-Jun-52. 16th FIS 51st FIW | |
Other Crashed |
15 miles Nth of London, UK | 12 November 1953 | Engine Failure 15 miles Nth of London, England Cat 3 damage Capt Fred H Barrett, 12-Nov-53. F-86A 48-265 - 91FIS 81FIG |
Died Crashed |
9 miles NE Darmstadt, Germany | 11 January 1954 | Killed Baling Out over Ground 9 miles NE of Darmstadt, Germany Cat 4 damage Capt Fred H Barrett, 11-Jan-54. F-86A 49-1171 - 91FIS 81FIG 3AF homebase Bentwaters RAF Station, England |
Other End of War (EOW) |
Europe | ||
Kittitas County, WA, USA | |||
Other ETO familiarisation |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, UK | 21 August 1944 | Theatre familiarisation with 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ellensburg, WA, USA | IOOF Cemetery Ellensburg Kittitas County Washington USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm