Robert E Barron

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Dreilingen in B-17 #42-97344, 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

42-97344

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carrie B II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 August 1944

Born

Danville, New Jersey, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 August 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8203 / MACR 8203, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1885 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database