His Serial Number O-438502

100TH BOMB GROUP, GROUP 8

HIS B-17 CAUGHT FIRE FROM FLAK AND CRASHED NEAR BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY.

PAGE ABOUT HIM.

HE WAS BURIED IN GERMANY AND AFTER THE WAR; MOVED TO WEST HILL IN 1948

From: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Grayson County

HE WAS THE SON OF MRS H BARKER. HIS WIFE WAS THE FORMER NELL DOWLEN. HE GRADUATED SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED AUSTIN COLLEGE. HE WAS BORN AND LIVED IN SHERMAN.
HE ENTERED THE AIR CORPS IN JUNE OF 1942, TRAINED AT SAN ANTONIO, PINE BLUFF, ARK, FLORIDA AND BANGOR MAINE. SERVED AT AZORE ISLANDS, FRANCE, ENGLAND. "NOW ON DUTY AT AZORE ISLAND.

THE FULL STORY OF THIS FLIGHT:
"PICCADILLY LILY"
MORE ABOUT THIS CREW & PLANE

10 MEN WERE KILLED THAT DAY.-EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

*Note -Another B-17 WAS NAMED AFTER HER AND IT HAD A "II" UNDER THE LADYS FOOT, that part was painted over and was the B-17G IN THE MOVIE
"12 O'CLOCK HIGH'
WITH GREGORY PECK AS LEAD.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6 May 1945

His military registration card




His military tombstone application

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