Martin A Barr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 19 May 1944 in B-17 42-38026 'My Day. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38026

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack, My Day
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rheams, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 19 May 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 4815;
http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1246

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 4815 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database