Posted By David Calkin on January 19, 2007 at 10:44:25:
My wife's uncle was killed on September 02, 1944. Is there anyway we could obtain the records of the crash. He was never found. The following is what his wife posted about him. FLYING MECHANIC AT MITCHELL FIELD ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. SUBMARINE PATROL SHOT DOWN, CRASH LANDING ON BEACH. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SOME TIME. 1942, CADET TRAINING AND GRADUATED A NAVIGATOR AT HONDO FIELD IN TEXAS. AUGUST 1943, BOMBARDIER AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO; NOVEMBER 1943 TO 1944, TRAINED ON B-29 AIRCRAFT AT GREAT BEND, KANSAS. 1944, BASED IN INDIA AND FLEW THE FIRST BOMBING RAID OVER TOKYO IN JULY 1944. HE WAS LOST IN THE HIMALAYAS MOUNTAINS OVER CHINA ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1944. KILLED IN ACTION IN WWII.
Name:Lamar A. Barnes, 2LT
Service #: 14033259
BARNES, LAMAR A
2LT US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
DATE OF DEATH: 09/02/1944
BURIED AT: SECTION 82 SITE 108
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
He was never found.