Harvey P Barnard Jr

Military

Commanding Officer 93rd Bomb Group,27-Sep-44 to 27-Nov-44. Led the 2nd Air Division 8 times. On 11 July raid I changed targets from Primary (airfield east of Hamburg) to Secondary (Hamburg itself) because of weather report over the Primary. Flak extremely heavy; aircraft shot full of holes and electrical system knocked out. I remember repeating the 23rd Psalm during our run to target. Kissed the ground on return. A great experience commanding the best group in the 2nd Air Division!



DFC/ AM/ Croix de Guerre

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 19 September 1913

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014.CO information: http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/93bg.HTM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 201