He enlisted as a pilot in the RNZAF before being selected for a short service commission with the RAF. Pilot Officer Barnett was serving with 12 OTU and was the youngest New Zealand casualty in Bomber Command when he was killed in a flying accident on the 8th April 1940, age 18.
He enlisted as a pilot in the RNZAF before being selected for a short service commission with the RAF. Pilot Officer Barnett was serving with 12 OTU and was the youngest New Zealand casualty in Bomber Command when he was killed in a flying accident on the 8th April 1940, age 18.
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