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Personal info

Full name
BARLEY, Frederick William "Fred"
Date of birth
13 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-778696
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Glatteneichen, 1,5 mile south of Wissen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Martin W. Barley (father)
Annie M. (Boltz) Barley (mother)
Thurlow V. Barley (brother)
Emma L. Barley (sister)
Mable L. Barley (sister)
Wilbur M. Barley (brother)
Frances E. (Enyeart) Barley (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38237
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Dallas Doll
Destination: Bonn, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Hangelar airfield
MACR: 11762

More information

Frederick Barley graduated from Elizabethtown High School, where he was a well-known athlete. Before entering the service, he was employed as an insurance agent.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve on 23 February 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida.

The airplane 43-38237 was hit by flak and went out of control. It came up and rammed airplane 43-38955 and with his #1 and #2 propellers cutted the plane in half at the bomb bay.

Seven crew members were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Wissen on 14 January 1945. Two crew members were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers/Joel Gilfert, www.ancestry.com - Elizabethtown Area High School Yearbook 1935, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 44-E, Sequoia, Visalia, California.