Dante G Barron
Military24-Jul-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 303BG records do not record the exact date that he arrived in the UK, but probably in Oct-42. 303BG records do not indicate that he had a permanent crew assignment until 1-May-43. He participated in 26 Operations and completed his combat tour on 17-Aug-43.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kali
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bad Check
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joe Btfsplk II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 February 1943
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Unit |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 24 July 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Mission #1, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as a substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24587, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as a substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24587 "Bad Check", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, SGT Dante G. Barron, W/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 2 February 1943 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "JoeBTFSPLK" on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added connections to 41-24610 and mission of 2-Feb-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Unit event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Fort W. Lipe crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/427lipe.html
Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2016. Added Summary Biography; made connections to PLace, Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43), Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Fort W. Lipe crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/427lipe.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster