J C Barbee

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. 7 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 44-6619 'Darling Dot' attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, crashed with A/C near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11346.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Marvin Bennett Lander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15126926 / O-825204
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

44-6619

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Gas Bird Darling Dot
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hardeman County, TX, USA 21 June 1925 Son of Walter Mabry and Alzada Ethel [Gibson] Barbee.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX, USA 13 March 1943 Dallas, Texas

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

54459 Wiltingen, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11346.

Buried

Wiltingen, Germany 24 December 1944 Interred. Wiltingen Cemetery.

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial 1 January 1945 Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Quanch, Texas, USA

Based

Bury St Edmunds 23 December 1944 Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County TX Re-Interred. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database