Harold T Barnaby
Military
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Captain Harold T Barnaby, 83rd Fighter Squadron.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
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
- 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
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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