John Aloysius Barrett
2nd Lt 0-683892 614th
New York
Navigator onboard 42-31098 (Penny's Thunderhead)
Casualty questionaire
- Your name : JOHN ALOYSIUS BARRET.
- Rank : 2nd Lt.
- Serial number : 0-683892.
- Mission : Emden.
- Target : Docks.
- Target time : app. 12:12.
- Altitude : 32.000 Ft.
- Where were you when you left formation : Hit over target , lagged behind but on course briefed.
- Did you bail out : Yes.
- Did other members bail out : Yes , 7 others , Pilot and Bombardier stayed.
- Tell all you know ? : Sgt. Donald Carlson , Radio man on crew bailed out and landed in North Sea.
Rescued by Germans and taken P.W. was last of eight to bail out.
Carlson bailed out over water right after Co-pilot Robinson.
He gave me this information in Germany. I saw Sgt. Carlson later on Dec 25, 1943.
He was shipped to a P.W. Camp outside Vienna. He was in good physical condition.
- Where did aircraft strike the ground ? : Landed in England.
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John ( Jack ) Barrett and Donald Carlson both stayed at Stalag Luft I untill the end of the war.
Here you see John A. Barrett's German and American Dog Tags.
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Here you see the roommates, Barracks 2, Room 3.
Here you see the roommates, Barracks 2, Room 3.
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