John Patrick Barks
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Nick Sidovar crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; hit by fighters and with one engine shut down, but unable to feather it, last contacted over Bratislavia, Czech via radio. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10701
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823998
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rhode Island, USA | 3 June 1922 | Son of Olin Freed and Alice A Barks. |
Enlisted |
Fort Rodman, New Bedford, MA | 5 November 1942 | Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Massachusetts |
Other Baled out POW |
17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; shot down by fighters POW MACR 10701 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
19 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Bernalillo, NM | 14 August 1994 | |
Buried |
Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM | 17 August 1994 | Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM |
Covington, IN | NoK: Wife Margaret Jean [Clem] Barks. | ||
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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