John R Barnes
Military
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Object Number - UPL 35126 - Crew members Pilot Lt. Frank Calicura, Navigator Lt. John Barnes, and Co-Pilot Lt Victor G. Probst, London, England, Feb.1945.
John Barnes was born January 31, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Leonard and Gertrude Barnes of Emporium, PA . He received his undergraduate and Ph.D from Penn State University. He served in WWII as the navigator of the “Spirit of Martinez with the 95th Bombardment Group/3rd Air Division/Army Air Corp at Horham, England. He spent his entire professional career with E. I. DuPont where he worked at Haskell Laboratory as the Director of Pathology. He retired in 1982 and for a number of years did charitable work within.
John R. Barnes, 89, passed away June 2, 2011 in Wellsboro, PA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belligerent Beauty
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spirit of Martinez, Cal's Rascals
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Red Fox
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 20 March 1945
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
