World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Clinton B. Barton
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
McArthur, California
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A FLIGHT ENGINEER OF A RB-25A ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 7, 1943 FOLLOWING A MID-AIR COLLISION. THREE CREWMEN AND ONE PASSENGER DIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.