World War II Honoree

Mabry D. Barker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

California

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Historian

SERVICE NUMBER: 39705634. SERVED AS BOMBARDIER WITH THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 323RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1944 HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-17G, SERIAL NUMBER 42-37913, 'SEATTLE SLEEPER' EXPLODED OVER HAULWERWIJK, NETHERLANDS, AFTER A MISSION TO OSNABRÜCK, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND SURVIVED THE WAR. 3 OF THEM WERE TAKEN PRISONER BUT THE OTHER 6, AMONG THEM HONOREE, WERE PICKED UP AND HIDDEN BY THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND UNTIL THEIR LIBERATION BY CANADIAN TROOPS IN SPRING 1945.