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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Crawford C. Barnhart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Gene & Mary Moxley

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERGEANT. TAIL TURRET GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 781ST SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HE BAILED OUT OF HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES ON A COMBAT MISSION TO AN OIL REFINERY IN BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY ON 17 DECEMBER 1944. HE WAS EVACUATED BY FRIENDLY FORCES TO BARI, ITALY ON 14 JANUARY 1945.