Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
BARRON, Thomas Perry - Date of
birth
26 May 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri -
Hometown
Concho County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-746643 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
21 February 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, 3 km off the coast of the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas P. Barron (father)
Bertha Barron (mother)
Gladys C. (Jones) Barron (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30634 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Liberty Belle
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 2423
More information
2nd Lt Thomas P. Barron graduated from Maur Hill High School and attended William Jewell College. He was employed by Peck's Department Store.On his 11th mission, while returning from Brunswick, Germany, the plane was seen to be hit by enemy aircraft fire, and the #2 engine caught on fire at 1543 hours over the Zuider Zee. Five parachutes were seen to leave the airplane before the aircraft was lost from view as it ditched into the North Sea, three kilometers off the coast of the Netherlands.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.95thbg.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Jeff Hall, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, 95 BG Memorial Foundation via Arie-Jan van Hees, The Kansas City Time - 8 March 1944