Arthur John Baranick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23319.jpeg UPL 23319 1st Lt Arthur Baranick 338FS, 55FG, 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 23319 - 1st Lt Arthur Baranick 338FS, 55FG, 8AF.

Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. On ferry flight from Kings Cliffe to Nuthampstead in P-38 42-67025 when left engine lost power and a/c crashed at Kings Cliffe. 19-Dec-43. RTD. Shot down by enemy fighter near Bonnieres in P-38 42-68130. 14-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5740.





Award: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Boston, Boston, MA, USA 22 May 1920 Son of Elias and Margaret Baranick.

Other

Commendation

Pearl Harbor, HI 96706, USA 24 December 1941 Received a commendation on 24-Dec-41 for his "heroic & courageous action under fire" during the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941.

Based

Wormingford 19 November 1943 - 14 June 1944 Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK 19 December 1943 On ferry flight from Kings Cliffe to Nuthampstead in P-38 42-67025 when left engine lost power and a/c crashed at Kings Cliffe. 19-Dec-43. RTD.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 26 March 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in action

6540 Bonniers, Belgium 14 June 1944 Shot down by enemy fighter near Bonnieres in P-38 42-68130. 14-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5740.

Buried

Enlisted

Massachusetts, USA

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
MACR 5740 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5740, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 425,

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