Name:
Richard S. "Doc" Barnett
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
37529212
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
2016-07-31
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo, Coffey County, Kansas, USA
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Engineer on the B-17 bomber OMBREE AGO from the 100th Bomber group took off from Thorp Abbots and bombed an oil refinery on the Czech boarder. During this mission, eleven Flying Fortresses were shot down by the Luftwaffe above Ruhland. The Ombree Ago was damaged and the radio operator jumped and became a prisoner of war. Another was injured and Flying at low altitude the bomber crash landed in Chamvres. Barnett survived the crash and escaped back to England.