Omaha Central high grad 1938 and was a bomber pilot
Charles E. Barber
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-725575
405th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
Died: 2-Sep-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Charles served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30225 which took off, with a crew of 5, from Durand Strip (17-Mile Drome), near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a strike mission over Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
They were attacked and shot down by Japanese Zeros near the target and were seen to crash into the sea.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Charles E. Barber
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-725575
405th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
Died: 2-Sep-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Charles served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30225 which took off, with a crew of 5, from Durand Strip (17-Mile Drome), near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a strike mission over Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
They were attacked and shot down by Japanese Zeros near the target and were seen to crash into the sea.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Omaha Central high grad 1938 and was a bomber pilot
Charles E. Barber
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-725575
405th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
Died: 2-Sep-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Charles served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30225 which took off, with a crew of 5, from Durand Strip (17-Mile Drome), near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a strike mission over Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
They were attacked and shot down by Japanese Zeros near the target and were seen to crash into the sea.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Charles E. Barber
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-725575
405th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
Died: 2-Sep-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Charles served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30225 which took off, with a crew of 5, from Durand Strip (17-Mile Drome), near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a strike mission over Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
They were attacked and shot down by Japanese Zeros near the target and were seen to crash into the sea.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
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Entered the service from Nebraska.
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