Joseph Louis Barber
Service number
R/180634
Military unit
82 OTU Royal Canadian Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
04 Feb 1944 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of Joseph Andrew Bernard and Marion Louisa Barber, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Military history
OLLERTON CEMETERY R C. Portion. Grave 798.
Wellington X3409 82 OTU. Take off RAF Gamston for Bullseye training. On return W/T 23.22 then at 00.26 X3409 dived at high speed into the ground near the airfield and exploded. Hitting the ground at Whisker Hills Wood, Babworth killing all the crew.
The 4 Commonwealth members of crew are buried at Ollerton Cemetery.
Sgt Alick Fisher - Buried Beckenham Cemetery and Crematorium
F/Sgt Clifford Jones RAAF
Sgt Edmund Maguire RCAF
Sgt Joseph Barber RCAF
Sgt Weston Waldron RCAF
Extra information
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Photographs
Photo of Joseph Louis Barber
Photo of Joseph Louis Barber