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Barkley, John William, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name Barkley, John William, Jr   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-735966   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #115 - Detachment of Patients,5th General Hospital, APO 519, effective 11 October 1943.
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1943, effective 30 November 1943.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 29 February 1944
Results Killed/Died, Non-Combat
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot C Row 4 Grave 1
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 1918
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (R&R) to 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire on or about 15 October 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #95 dated 13 September 1943.
  • John W. Barkley Jr was reported from duty absent sick at 303rd Station Hospital, Thrapston per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 February 1944. He was reported absent sick to deceased as of 29 February 1944 per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 March 1944.
Related Documents 1LT Donald P. Ogilvie Crew, 547th BS (Legacy)⇗
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Barkley, John William, JrNavigatorKNC
2nd Lt. Wilson, William Hollis, "Hollis"⇗BombardierKIA
SGT. Murray, James Raymond⇗Radio Operator / GunnerEV
S/SGT. Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerEV
S/SGT. McKeon, James William⇗Ball Turret GunnerEV
SGT. Dudla, John Richard⇗Tail GunnerINT
SGT. Campbell, Fred Simpson⇗Flexible GunnerTR
SGT. Sherman, Robert Ellsworth, Jr⇗Flexible GunnerTR
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3218⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
Sortie Report⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Navigator 42‑30043⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Navigator 42‑30043⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Navigator 42‑30043⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, deputy flight leader. Led wing after flight leader aborted.
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. Bomb bay doors wouldn't open on bomb run; bombs dropped on target of opportunity 30 west of Gelsenkirchen.
Sortie Report⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Navigator 41‑24416⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Aircraft loaned by 303rd BG for today's mission.
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Navigator 42‑30033⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5849⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to station early after failure to draw more than 20 inches manifold pressure at 17,000 feet altitude.
Sortie Report⇗
22⇗ 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
23⇗ 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑39784⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5838.
Sortie Report⇗
47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3087⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
48⇗ 31 December 1943 Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship)
Type: Transportation
Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead, because lead ship had to be replaced; Capt Frink transferred to this ship. Landed away at Kimbolton; bombs returned.
Sortie Report⇗
53⇗ 14 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy, low group.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3441⇗ Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off
Lead group high Squadron lead. Did not take off.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Navigator 42‑31433⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
62⇗ 11 February 1944 Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry)
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31606⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗

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