Karl Francis Barnes
Military
384th BG - 544th BS
Back L-R: Lt. John Fallon (N), Lt. Jack K. Larsen (P), Lt Warren Donovan (CP), Lt. Edward Murray (B)
Front L-R: Sgt. Robert Cole (RO), Sgt. John Moore (TG), Sgt. Karl Barnes (FE), Sgt. Edward Simon (WG), Sgt. Edward Holler (WG), Sgt. Alton Haverlah (BT)
Object Number - UPL 15095 - Jack K. Larsen Crew 384th BG - 544th BS Back L-R: Lt. John Fallon (N), Lt. Jack K. Larsen (P), Lt Warren Donovan (CP), Lt. Edward Murray...
B-17F #42-29717 'Mr. Five By Five' was last seen with one engine feathered and heading towards Switzerland on a mission to Stuttgart, GR on 25 Feb 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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- Date: 13 December 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Malta Township, OH | 10 October 1921 | |
| McConnellsville, OH | 16 February 1942 | ||
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Other 384th BG Combat Tour |
Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 13 December 1943 - 25 February 1944 | 13 combat missions |
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Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | 1 March 1944 | Stalag Luft IV (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
Hialeah, FL | 1 July 1995 | |
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Buried |
Miami Lakes, FL | 5 July 1995 | Vista Memorial Gardens Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA Add to Map Plot Sunflower 16 |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Bruschal, Germany | 25 February 1944 | Failed to Return Comments: 41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on towards target; at 1420, three minutes before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; crash-landed near Bruchsal, Germany. MACR 2774 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2774 / MACR 2774, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database