Barrett, Richard Jennings

Individual Personnel Data
Name Barrett, Richard Jennings   ‡
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Rank Private First Class / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 39319477   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 54th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 7 March 1943.
  • Transferred to the Detachment of Patients, 4211th US Army Hospital Plant, APO 350, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 August 1944, effective 16 August 1944.
Duty Armorer / Togglier
MOS511 - Armorer
Last Duty Date 16 August 1944
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 3 October 1916
  • Appointed Corporal effective 15 March 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 15 March 1943.
  • Transferred from ordnance to Air Corps within the 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 25 July 1943 (order date mis-typed as August).
  • Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943.
  • Placed on Detached Service on or about 2 August 1943 for approximately ten days to Gunnery School located at Snettisham, Norfolk; AAF Station 106 Special Orders #61 dated 2 August 1943.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1943.
  • Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 10 April 1944.
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Walhampton House near Lymington, Hampshire (a FLAK House) on or about 18 April 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944.
  • Although his combat mission assignments list him as a 'bombardier' on numerous missions, as a non-commissioned officer, such duty would typically be referred to as a 'togglier.'
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 28 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
24⇗ 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3218⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31073⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
35⇗ 5 November 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
36⇗ 16 November 1943 Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway 		Tail Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
37⇗ 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Togglier 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Molesworth.
Sortie Report⇗
47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
49⇗ 4 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31222⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
51⇗ 7 January 1944 Target: Powerhouse
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑37885⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous.
Sortie Report⇗
54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Tail Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Tail Gunner 42‑29554⇗ Did not take off.
Sortie Report⇗
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31375⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Flying Spare.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31375⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29809⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
High Squadron deputy, lead group. Turned back at 0950 hrs because of a sheared fuel transfer selector valve shaft.
Sortie Report⇗
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, High Squadron Deputy, Low Group.
Sortie Report⇗
68⇗ 28 February 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
71⇗ 4 March 1944 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31926⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
72⇗ 6 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑37789⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing.
Sortie Report⇗
73⇗ 8 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31048⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
74⇗ 9 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31871⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
79⇗ 22 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Togglier 42‑37789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
NOTE: The Loading List incorrectly identified the co-pilot as Sidney Bush.
Sortie Report⇗
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany 		Togglier 42‑31166⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
83⇗ 27 March 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Combat Mission Credit
94 Group, High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
84⇗ 28 March 1944 Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
85⇗ 29 March 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
86⇗ 9 April 1944 Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back at 1003 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Bombs jettisoned in Channel due to malfunction of bomb bay doors.
Sortie Report⇗
87⇗ 10 April 1944 Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Togglier 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
88⇗ 11 April 1944 Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany 		Togglier 42‑97124⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
101⇗ 7 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑97521⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead, lead group. Ground spare; replaced 42‑102442.
Sortie Report⇗
102⇗ 8 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Togglier 42‑102459⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
104⇗ 9 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Thionville, France 		Togglier 42‑97573⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
106⇗ 12 May 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Togglier 42‑32106⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗

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