Lawrence James Barrett Jr

Military
media-23666.jpeg UPL 23666 Lt. Lawrence J "Jack" Barrett, [Watonga OK], 504th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72282 5Q-M "Watonga State Bank - safe and Dependable".

Object Number - UPL 23666 - Lt. Lawrence J "Jack" Barrett, [Watonga OK], 504th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72282 5Q-M "Watonga State Bank - safe and Dependable".

Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour of duty 21-Apr-45.



Awards: WWII Victory EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lucky Leaky II
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Watonga State Bank, Safe and Dependable
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Butler, OK 73625, USA 25 October 1923

Based

Fowlmere 25 October 1944 - 21 April 1945 Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 21 November 1944 Take off accident Fowlmere/Sta 378 Cat 3 damage Lt Lawrence J Barrett. 21-Nov-44.

Other

Promotion

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 9 April 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 21 April 1945

Died

Enid, OK, USA 24 December 1997
Watonga, OK 73772, USA

Buried

Watonga, OK 73772, USA Watonga IOOF Cemetery Watonga Blaine County Oklahoma, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

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