World War II Honoree

Joseph W. Barbieri, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jamaica, New York

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 32781916. ENGINEER WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP, 703RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS B-24, SERIAL NUMBER 42-50756, WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT MISBURG, NEAR HANOVER. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER; MACR 11217.