George Edward Barton

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media-46678.jpeg UPL 46678 T/Sgt George E Barton, 398BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 46678 - T/Sgt George E Barton, 398BG

Ted, as he was known to his friends, was assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000 yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15229



Awards: AM (2OLC), GC, EAME, PH.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12185250
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755361
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33325306
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

West Orange, New Jersey 3 July 1921 Son of Roy Earle and Catherine [Hagar] Barton.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 26 May 1942 Newark, New Jersey.

Other

Marriage

15 June 1944 Married Anne Williams.

Died

Vicinity Anstey Church 15 October 1944 Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. KIA MACR 15229

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery 17 October 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 1 Grave 7

Based

Nuthampstead 15 October 1944 Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.
Essex County, NJ

Buried

Mount Hebron Cemetery Montclair, Essex County, NJ Memorialised Mount Hebron Cemetery Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey

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Combat Chronology Supplement; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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