Son of Joseph Bennett and Rosa Harper (Creech) Barnes. Husband of Leola (Ryals) Barnes.
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Second Lieutenant Barnes was the pilot of
B-24E Liberator #42-6988, serving with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when involved in a mid-air collision
with another B-24 (#42-7240) in the skies,
approximately five miles southwest of the
airfield during a training flight.
Son of Joseph Bennett Barnes, age 27.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
And aboard 42-7240:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
2nd Lt. Walter D McPherson
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
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Second Lieutenant Barnes was the pilot of
B-24E Liberator #42-6988, serving with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when involved in a mid-air collision
with another B-24 (#42-7240) in the skies,
approximately five miles southwest of the
airfield during a training flight.
Son of Joseph Bennett Barnes, age 27.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
And aboard 42-7240:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
2nd Lt. Walter D McPherson
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
Son of Joseph Bennett and Rosa Harper (Creech) Barnes. Husband of Leola (Ryals) Barnes.
****************
Second Lieutenant Barnes was the pilot of
B-24E Liberator #42-6988, serving with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when involved in a mid-air collision
with another B-24 (#42-7240) in the skies,
approximately five miles southwest of the
airfield during a training flight.
Son of Joseph Bennett Barnes, age 27.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
And aboard 42-7240:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
2nd Lt. Walter D McPherson
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
****************
Second Lieutenant Barnes was the pilot of
B-24E Liberator #42-6988, serving with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when involved in a mid-air collision
with another B-24 (#42-7240) in the skies,
approximately five miles southwest of the
airfield during a training flight.
Son of Joseph Bennett Barnes, age 27.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
And aboard 42-7240:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
2nd Lt. Walter D McPherson
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
Inscription
2LT B-24
VAUCLAIN WINSTON BARNES, SR.
MAY 17, 1917
DEC. 17, 1944
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