David Luther Barkhurst
MilitaryBack Row: George Marquardt (B), Harold Groh (N), Clarence Stearns (P), Dale O. Smith (AC/CP), William Wismann (OBS/TG), Keith Garrison (N).
Front Row: Theodore Corrigan (WG), John Robison (WG), Albert Fulwider (BT), Thomas Benson (RO), David Barkhurst (TT).
Photo Courtesy Anthony Plowright. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/21732/category/LeadCrews
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot', evaded capture for 7 days. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3865.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sissy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lilly Belle
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jewett, OH. | 12 June 1913 | Son of Hal Haze and Edna Pearl [Lowmiller] Barkhurst. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 28 April 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Other Baled out & Evaded |
13 April 1944 - 20 April 1944 | Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot', evaded capture for 7 days. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 20 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft XVIIb. |
Died |
Bulger, PA | 4 March 2011 | |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3867 / MACR 3867, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database