Harold Raymond Barner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-30124.jpeg UPL 30124 Memorial at the crash site of B-17 42-97479 'Belle of Liberty', dedicated to the crew who were killed. It was unveiled in a service on Sunday 10 September 2017.

Correction: Old Bolingbroke Parish Council organised the laying and dedication of the memorial.

Object Number - UPL 30124 - Memorial at the crash site of B-17 42-97479 'Belle of Liberty', dedicated to the crew who were killed. It was unveiled in a service on Sunday 10...

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Kaiserlautern, battle damaged, B-17G 42-97479 crash landed two miles north of RAF East Kirby, burned out 30-Dec-44 Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-825011
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-L, serial number 42-97479) nicknamed "Belle of Liberty" that has crash landed at Podington, 30 December 1944 Image via William E "Doc" Furniss, 92nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '297479 UX-L crash Podington.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of Liberty
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.
  • Date: 30 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oxford, KS 67119, USA 22 November 1921 Son of Ray J and Mattie [Richardson] Barner.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 27 January 1944

Died

East Kirkby, Spilsby PE23, UK 30 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Kaiserlautern, battle damaged, B-17G 42-97479 crash landed two miles north of RAF East Kirby, burned out 30-Dec-44 KIA.

Buried

1 January 1945 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton Cambridgeshire
California, USA

Based

Podington 30 December 1944 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Belle Plaine, KS 67013, USA Re-Interred Belle Plaine Cemetery Belle Plaine Sumner County Kansas, USA

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Sources

Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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