World War II Honoree

Herbert Barker

Hometown

St. Petersburg, Florida

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 138 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ROOTES SECURITIES LTD. HALIFAX MK V (LL419) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTERS AND CRASHED BETWEEN THOLEN AND LEPELSTRAAT IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING SPECIAL OPERATIONS ON JUNE 1, 1944. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 245 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.