Harold T Barnaby

Military
media-6795.jpeg UPL 6795 Captain Harold T Barnaby, 83rd Fighter Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 6795 - Captain Harold T Barnaby, 83rd Fighter Squadron.

Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to VIII Fighter Command. ETD.



Awards: SS, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Owley and Tobe
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 551st Fighter Training Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Buzzin Cuzzin

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Dallas, TX, USA 8 November 1940
Waco, TX, USA 7 September 1941

Based

Duxford 16 February 1943 - 23 February 1944 Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK 16 February 1943 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Crashed

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK 2 October 1943 nonoperational flight test of the propeller of P47C 41-6402 'Owley and Tube', engine problems developed and cut out on landing. 2-Oct-43.

Other

Transferred

23 February 1944 - 22 April 1945 Transferred to VIII Fighter Command.

Other

End Tour Duty (ETD)

22 April 1945

Died

Duncanville, TX, USA 19 January 2012

Born

McLennan County, TX, USA

Buried

Fort Worth, TX, USA Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA

Other

Promotion

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK Promoted to Captain.

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to incluse details from:
AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 300 pix of a/c p. 301;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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