John Barnett
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Kiel in P-38 42-67045. Group engaged 25+ enemy fighters, A/C lost starboard engine and lagged behind group on return to base, then whist being shepherded home, port engine started to fail west of Kiel. 5-Jan-44 . Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1743.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Dakota, USA | 7 December 1919 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 1 February 1943 - 5 January 1944 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
West of Kiel, Germany | 5 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Kiel in P-38 42-67045. Group engaged 25+ enemy fighters, A/C lost starboard engine and lagged behind group on return to base, then whist being shepherded home, port engine started to fail west of Kiel. 5-Jan-44 . Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1743. |
| Corvallis, OR, USA | |||
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Buried |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster