Robert R Barefield
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Robert R. Barefield was one of the original cadre who trained with the 303rd Bomb Group trained and deployed to the ETO in 1942.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 January 1942 | Residence: Fulton county, GA Private, Air Corps |
|
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 27 May 1944 | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #98 dated 27 May 1944. |
|
Born |
Georgia, USA |
Revisions
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=192
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
2016-03-15 Consolidated with information from duplicate file: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/194957
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
