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<span class=prefix>TSGT</span> Leo Joseph Barber

TSGT Leo Joseph Barber

Birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
9 Mar 1945 (aged 22)
Fernitz, Graz-Umgebung Bezirk, Styria, Austria
Burial
Redford, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Section: Renown VFW
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Flight Engineer-Gunner aboard 15th Air Force
B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6336 "Janie."

Shot down by flak hit moments before "bombs away" over target of marshalling yards at Graz, Austria.

Co-pilot, 1Lt Eugene F Kallembach, died of wounds. The remaining crew members were returned to duty.
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Husband of Ruth Barber.
Crash place : Fernitz, AUSTRIA
Flight Engineer-Gunner aboard 15th Air Force
B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6336 "Janie."

Shot down by flak hit moments before "bombs away" over target of marshalling yards at Graz, Austria.

Co-pilot, 1Lt Eugene F Kallembach, died of wounds. The remaining crew members were returned to duty.
~
Husband of Ruth Barber.
Crash place : Fernitz, AUSTRIA

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TSGT, 775 AAF BOMB SQ, 463 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: 8 Jan 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175085559/leo_joseph-barber: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Leo Joseph Barber (17 Jan 1923–9 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175085559, citing Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).