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1LT Owen Orville Barnhart Jr.

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1LT Owen Orville Barnhart Jr.

Birth
Contra Costa County, California, USA
Death
10 Feb 1945 (aged 23)
Japan
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Section 15 Site 77NH
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1st Lt Owen Barnhart Jr. was the pilot of B-29 "Deaner Boy" S/N 42-24815. The plane and crew had taken off from the American base at Tinian for a bombing raid on the Makijima Aircraft Company, Ota, Japan. "Deaner Boy" collided with "Slick's Chicks", another B-29 on the same mission. Japanese records indicate that "Slick's Chicks" had been rammed by one of their planes. Official American reports indicate that "Slick's Chick's" #4 engine came into contact with "Deaner Boy's" tail section sending both planes to the ground. There were no survivors of either plane. Locals from the nearby town of Ora cremated the remains of the crew and later returned them to US authorities. The town recently dedicated a stone cenotaph honoring the lost flyers.

List of all lost in the collision were:
"Deaner Boy"
2nd Lt Donald Morrison
2nd Lt Cornelius Kerns
1st Hugh Burner
2nd Lt Harley Hazelwood
S/Sgt Norman Smith
Sgt James F. Greup
Sgt George Wilbur III
Sgt Harry Harz Jr
Sgt Donald Kissinger
Sgt Harvey Fitzpatrick

"Slick"s Chicks"
Capt Carmel Slaughter Jr
2nd LT Dan Godsy
2nd Lt Joseph Jarosz
1st Lt Kenneth Swanson
2nd Lt Herbert Weiner
S/Sgt Nick Corbo
Sgt Kenneth Mago
S/Sgt Robert Yonce
Sgt James Melvin
S/Sgt Ralph McClellan
Sgt Frank Kastenmeier
1st Lt Owen Barnhart Jr. was the pilot of B-29 "Deaner Boy" S/N 42-24815. The plane and crew had taken off from the American base at Tinian for a bombing raid on the Makijima Aircraft Company, Ota, Japan. "Deaner Boy" collided with "Slick's Chicks", another B-29 on the same mission. Japanese records indicate that "Slick's Chicks" had been rammed by one of their planes. Official American reports indicate that "Slick's Chick's" #4 engine came into contact with "Deaner Boy's" tail section sending both planes to the ground. There were no survivors of either plane. Locals from the nearby town of Ora cremated the remains of the crew and later returned them to US authorities. The town recently dedicated a stone cenotaph honoring the lost flyers.

List of all lost in the collision were:
"Deaner Boy"
2nd Lt Donald Morrison
2nd Lt Cornelius Kerns
1st Hugh Burner
2nd Lt Harley Hazelwood
S/Sgt Norman Smith
Sgt James F. Greup
Sgt George Wilbur III
Sgt Harry Harz Jr
Sgt Donald Kissinger
Sgt Harvey Fitzpatrick

"Slick"s Chicks"
Capt Carmel Slaughter Jr
2nd LT Dan Godsy
2nd Lt Joseph Jarosz
1st Lt Kenneth Swanson
2nd Lt Herbert Weiner
S/Sgt Nick Corbo
Sgt Kenneth Mago
S/Sgt Robert Yonce
Sgt James Melvin
S/Sgt Ralph McClellan
Sgt Frank Kastenmeier

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1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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