Serviceman

William H Barlow

815thHQ

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Army serial number: 15340780
Rank: Sgt (20 July 1944), S/Sgt (21 July 1944), SSGT (14 November 1944)
Hometown: DAYTON OH; Dayton, OH
Also written: William Barlow
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 246, 256
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

William P. Vandendries Crew · 815th
Wilbur E. Wanstrom Crew · 815th

Missions placed on him

mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
14 November 1944	Air Medal	4489	SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 6980 · 42-102927 Bunky · 18 July 1944 · mission 51, 18 July 1944

Morning reports

3 entries, first 15 July 1944, last 21 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1944-07-20 815th: Prom to s/Sgt, 16 Jul 44.
1944-07-21 815th: Allard (74) S/Sgt Above 8 0 & 12 EM fr dy to MIA as of 18 Y
1944-07-15 HQ: F /O JOHN E WARWICK

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 168, roll 481431546 p. 175, roll 481431546 p. 179

Statements, mentions and histories

Eyewitness statement, page 21 · 18 July 1944

8. uninjured. s/sgt. Theodore L. Solomon, ball turret gunner- - bailed out uninjured.
2nd Lit. Wilbur E. Wanstrom, co-pilot, didn't leave airoraft.
T/Sgt. Rebert K. Bell, radio operater- #
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s/Sgt. Norman J. Fahrmann, asst. engineer
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s/sgt. william H. Barlow Jr., armorer gunner
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s/ Sgt. Robert J. Allard, armorer gunner
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Information given on enclosed forms is based upon my experiences on that day
and what information I obtained from Lt. Wojoieohowski several weeks later.
I was flying the position of bombardier and during the ensuing attaok by
enemy airoraft I was manning the chin turret guns. During this battle I was
struck by fire from an enemy fighter which resulted in the loss of my left
leg above the kmoe. While attempting to leave the airoraft which was in
flames, I noted that Lt. Wejciechowski was- bailed out wounded. At that moment
the airoraft went down out of control forcing me back into the nose where I
passes out in attempting to parachute to safety. While I was unconscious,
the aircraft exploded and I was blown out of the aircraft. I regained CON-
sciouness falling through the air and parachuted the rest of the way. I therfore
assume that any crew mumbers that were mot able to parachute were killed when
the airoraft exploded.

National Archives, MACR 6980, page 21 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

27 more statements from MACR 6980 are on the loss record.

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