Barney Leland Townsend
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 453rd Bomb Group wait on a jeep. Letter enclosed with print: '[Left to Right] James E Terwilliger- Waist Gunner, Luhter M Clark- Co-pilot, Carl Powell- Navigator, Lattie P Head- Nose Gunner, Nicholas Radosevich- Pilot, Edmund M Survilla- Tail Gunner, Lt ? Lee- Bombardier (Robert Burgess was the Bombardier on the original crew), Joseph D Craft- Radio operator, Robert Victor- Waist Gunner, Robert O Hanson- Engineer- Top Turret. Original Cadre- Model (Crew #41) 734th Squadron, 453rd Bomb](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380672.jpg.webp?itok=L5hegKpe)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Charleston, Missouri, USA | 5 December 1922 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
453 BG / 734 BS
2LT TOWNSEND, BARNEY L.
From Rison, Arkansas.
KIA 8-5-1944 as co-pilot of B-24H / #42-50278 / E8-'?' / MACR 4591. Target: Brunswick, Germany. The group formation was attacked by waves of enemy fighters. A mid-air collision with #42-10025 (7 KIA / 3 POW) at 20,000 feed caused the demise of both aircraft. #42-50278 crashed 1 mile north-west of Salzdahlum, 6 miles south-east of Brunswick / Braunschweig. 8 KIA / 1 POW.
2Lt Townsend is buried at Margraten Cemetery, O-22-7. Also see https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/.../47425-townsend...
Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G,
Enid, Oklahoma via Fold3. This class book (#587) was indexed by Arie-Jan.
The aircraft photograph and additional data is courtesy of www.b24bestweb.com
from USAAF Class Book Research Project on Facebook
453 BG / 734 BS
2LT TOWNSEND, BARNEY L.
From Rison, Arkansas.
KIA 8-5-1944 as co-pilot of B-24H / #42-50278 / E8-'?' / MACR 4591. Target: Brunswick, Germany. The group formation was attacked by waves of enemy fighters. A mid-air collision with #42-10025 (7 KIA / 3 POW) at 20,000 feed caused the demise of both aircraft. #42-50278 crashed 1 mile north-west of Salzdahlum, 6 miles south-east of Brunswick / Braunschweig. 8 KIA / 1 POW.
2Lt Townsend is buried at Margraten Cemetery, O-22-7. Also see https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/.../47425-townsend...
Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G,
Enid, Oklahoma via Fold3. This class book (#587) was indexed by Arie-Jan.
The aircraft photograph and additional data is courtesy of www.b24bestweb.com
MACR 4591 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database