Philip Rex Barr, service number RAF 39482, served with No. 35 Bomber Squadron as a Pilot Officer, then he was Squadron Leader of No. 107 Squadron.
Squadron Leader Philip Rex Barr (together with his crew of 3 men) went missing in action during an operation over Belgium on November 7th, 1942. He was flying a Boston III aircraft serial number Z2157. The aircraft failed to return from the mission, and he and his crew were presumed killed in action.
Squadron Leader Barr and his crew were buried at Wevelgem Communal Cemetery (Flanders, Belgium).
He was survived by his wife, Maria Barr, who lived in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
https://natemat.pl/344383,maria-barr-barczynska-i-philip-rex-barr-historia-kobiety-ze-zdjecia-ipn
Philip Rex Barr, service number RAF 39482, served with No. 35 Bomber Squadron as a Pilot Officer, then he was Squadron Leader of No. 107 Squadron.
Squadron Leader Philip Rex Barr (together with his crew of 3 men) went missing in action during an operation over Belgium on November 7th, 1942. He was flying a Boston III aircraft serial number Z2157. The aircraft failed to return from the mission, and he and his crew were presumed killed in action.
Squadron Leader Barr and his crew were buried at Wevelgem Communal Cemetery (Flanders, Belgium).
He was survived by his wife, Maria Barr, who lived in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
https://natemat.pl/344383,maria-barr-barczynska-i-philip-rex-barr-historia-kobiety-ze-zdjecia-ipn
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SQUADRON LEADER
P. R. BARR, DFG.
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
7TH NOVEMBER 1942
†
SO HE PASSED OVER,
AND ALL THE TRUMPETS
SOUNDED FOR HIM
ON THE OTHER SIDE
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