Deane L Barnes

Military
media-36973.jpeg UPL 36973 "Lead crew on bombing mission to Sottevast, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 8 May 1944."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Dallas E Kendall, 1Lt Kenneth L Olsen, 1Lt George T Orvis, S/Sgt Craig W Winters, Capt Ingvald M Iverson, Col Edgar E Snyder, Capt Dean L Barnes

Front L-R: Sgt Andrew G Benevento, S/Sgt John B Price, T/Sgt Willie T Sparks, S/Sgt John R Chancellor

Object Number - UPL 36973 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Sottevast, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 8 May...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nebraska 4 November 1918

Died

Kent, Washington 12 February 2009

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA 17 February 2009 Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000

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