Name | Barkley, John William, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-735966 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - 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 |
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Related Documents | 1LT Donald P. Ogilvie Crew, 547th BS (Legacy)⇗ |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Ogilvie, Donald Potter⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Barkley, John William, Jr | Navigator | KNC |
2nd Lt. Wilson, William Hollis, "Hollis"⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
SGT. Murray, James Raymond⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. McKeon, James William⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | EV |
SGT. Dudla, John Richard⇗ | Tail Gunner | INT |
SGT. Campbell, Fred Simpson⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
SGT. Sherman, Robert Ellsworth, Jr⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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⇗ |