John Cowing Barry Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13820.jpeg UPL 13820 Heavenly Body memorial, Nailstone, Leicestershire
B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37776

Object Number - UPL 13820 - Heavenly Body memorial, Nailstone, Leicestershire B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37776

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810215
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Attleboro, MA 22 March 1919

Enlisted

Providence, RI 9 December 1941

Died

Elmside Farm, Nailstone, UK 27 September 1944

Buried

Plainville MA Shepardville Cemetery Plainville, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
North Attleborough, MA 60 Bank Street

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findagrave.com, record #118146696

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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