8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Jack Thomas Barrie
Military
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1st Lt Jack T Barrie 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service to 1st Scouting Force, Returned to 385FS. Credited 1 x Kill. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Grofhorn. Hit by flak in P-51 44-13657 strafing a train, may have baled out but chute failed near Holzen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12502.
Awards: PH.
Service
Units served with
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364th Fighter Group
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France... -
1st Scouting Force
Squadron
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385th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-13657
P-51 Mustang
Associated Place
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Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
Events
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| Born | Washington, USA | 7 November 1920 |
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Son of Fred Elwin and Christine Dorothy [Faldborg] Barrie. |
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| Crashed | Aloe, TX 77905, USA | 15 May 1944 |
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Landing Accident Aloe AAF, Texas Cat 3 damage 2nd Lt Jack T Barrie, 15-May-44. P-40N 42-105412 - 2538BU AAFCFTC. |
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| Based | Honington | 28 October 1944 |
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Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| E/A Destroyed | Germany | 27 December 1944 |
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E/A destroyed 27-Dec-44. |
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| Promotion | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | January 1945 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Detached Service | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 20 January 1945 |
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Detached Service 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Returned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 4 February 1945 |
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Returned 385th Fighter Squadron. |
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Holzen, Germany | 19 February 1945 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Grofhorn. Hit by flak in P-51 44-13657 strafing a train, may have baled out but chute failed near Holzen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12502. |
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| Buried | 37632 Holzen, Germany | 20 February 1945 |
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Interred |
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| Buried | San Bruno, CA, USA | 1946 |
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Re-Interred |
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Revisions
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| 29 May 2021 20:03:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/649703547 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 November 2016 12:04:04 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 September 2016 13:30:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Barrie&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 September 2015 13:50:20 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to role, biography, events and aircraft associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from : |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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