Jerome Barrett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 74668 UPL 74668 Crew #769/487
Richard J. Farrington Crew
466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons

Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G)

This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA. 466th Bomb Group collection

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466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 74668 - Crew #769/487 Richard J. Farrington Crew 466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella...

Killed in Action (KIA) at Regensburg in B-24 'Black Cat' #4295592

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard J Farrington

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-713376
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95592

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Cat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Oberhinkofen

  • Site type: Aircraft crash site
  • Known as: Black Cat Memorial

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 22 October 1942

Born

New York State

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Scharmassing, 93083 Obertraubling, Germany 21 April 1945

Revisions

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Jerome Barrett: Gallery (3 items)

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