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Old 19th December 2017, 22:17
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Missing Air Crew Report

Hello everybody,
desperately try a Missing Air Crew Report. Can someone help me with this?.
It is about John Barnett, crashed on the 5th of January, 1944 about Ahe.

Serialnumber : 42-67045
Type : P 38H
MACR: 1743


Would be very grateful for help. my English is not good. That's why I'm not clear with the national archive.

many thanks for your help.

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Old 19th December 2017, 22:49
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Re: Missing Air Crew Report

Send me a PM and I will send the MACR to you!!
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Old 19th December 2017, 23:37
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Re: Missing Air Crew Report

The 5 page MACR 1743 starts here for those with fold3 access

https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28718269

Sadly page 2 is in poor condition. Have done my best enhance quality but the bottoms of the words are still cut off. 4 pages attached.

This loss is attributed to mechanical failure rather than enemy action. First losing his right engine and later the left. Last sighted near Cuxhaven, Germany over the mouth of the Elbe River.

1st Lt John Barnett, ASN: O-732125, findagrave page here:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...john-n-barnett
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Old 20th December 2017, 01:15
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Re: Missing Air Crew Report

Hello Marcel,
Try to get hold of a copy of "Double Nickel-Double Trouble", it has a good report of this loss and picture.
Seems he lost one engine to mechanical failure, this was followed by compass loss and final second engine power loss, it was thought that if he had bailed out, the winds direction would take him inland rather than out to sea.
He rests in Ardennes American Military Cemetery and Memorial, Neupre, Belgium.
The 55th lost four a/c this date, three Kia, one Pow.
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Re: Missing Air Crew Report

Additional data links.

Links of interest:
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.c...9-barnett-john

http://www.55th.org/ search 343FS pilots: Barnett

Added Lt Barnett photo here:
https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=56357002
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