William C Barnard

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39558.jpeg UPL 39558 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."

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Object Number - UPL 39558 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350

Award: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Erwalt Douglas Wagner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17003932 / O-731702
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sons of Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-29830

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peter Wabbit
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-29891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dangerous Dan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

42-29946

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-5830

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hag of Harderwyck
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dixon, Solano County, CA 21 September 1916 Son of Ethel [Silvey] Barnard.

Died

Dorrebach, Germany 17 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany KIA MACR 1350

Buried

Dorrebach, Germany 18 August 1943 Interred Dorrebach cemetery

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 17 August 1943 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery SECTION 84 SITE 349-351

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43171068/william-c-barnard
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47656978/william-c_-barnard

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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