Lieutenant George Barr
- First name: | George |
- Middle name: | - |
- Last name: | Barr |
- Nickname: | Red |
- Rank Doolittle raid: | Lieutenant |
- Last rank: | Ca^tain |
- Service number: | 0-431644 |
- Date of birth: | 06 April 1917 |
- Place of birth: | Brooklyn , New York |
- Date of death: | 12 July 1967 |
- Place of death: | Dayton, Ohio |
- Place of the cemetery: | Ashland, Wisconsin - Mount Hope Cemetery |
- Name of the cemetery: | Mount Hope Cemetery |
Additional info
Georg Barr was born on 6 April 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were George and Mary Barr. He graduated from Northland College, Ashland, Wisconcin. He went to school there from 1936 till 1941. During 1941 he was a student at the Miami university in Florida.
Northland College, Ashland, Wisconcin.
He was an outstanding campus leader, a great friend to many, and one of the finest basketball players they had in Northland’s College history. Barr is regarded as probably the finest basketball player in Northland history.
He played on four winning teams. He was outstanding on defense and served as the playmaker and feeder on offense as a freshman and sophomore. He came into his own as a scorer as a junior and senior and was the top point maker both years. Barr was captain the last two years and led the Lumberjacks to winning season with his scoring, defense, and most important, his inspirational leadership. Barr also competed in baseball. Later he was inducted in the Northland College Hall of in 1968.
He married Marcine Jane Barr (Anderson); nicknamed Cya, in Ashland during 1946. The couple had 4 children. Three daughters and one son. Geroge was interested in all kinds of athletics.
After the war he was a student @ the Surperior State Teachers College in Wisconsin. During 1949 and 1950 he was at the Columbia University New York where he earned his master's degree and served as a high school coach and teacher. He went to the Rock Island, Illinois, arsenal as a civilian weapons specialist and Management Analyst and held the air force rank of Captain at the time of his death in July 1967.
His mission was the Doolittle Raid, the post-Pearl Harbor air raid on Tokyo and other parts of Japan.
George Barr was in the 16th plane that took off from the USS Hornet, and he was one of the eight that was captured by the Japanese, as they had to bail out over Japanese-occupied China.
The crew bailed out above Nanchang, China. George Barr was captured on 19 April 1942 the day after he and his crew bailed out above China. He was a POW from April, 1942 until August 1945.
The crew of the Bat Out of Hell plane. Crew 16. Captured by the Japanese on 19 april 1942.
Back row from left to right : William Farrow, George Barr, Robert Hite.
Front row from left to right : Jacob DeShazer, Harold Spatz.
Farrow and Spatz were executed.
Barr was held as a prisoner of war, mostly in solitary confinement, for more than three years. He was released in August 1945.
When he finally returned to the United States, he had to recover both physically and mentally. They toured him around to familiar places, and that’s part of how he came back to Ashland. He returned to Northland College to return to himself. Barr was in that college when the second world war broke out.
George Barr died on 12 July 1967 from a heart attack. By then he was 50 years old.
There is a Barr Remembrance plaque at the Natonial Museum of the Pacific War. Location: Plaza West Wall.
On Monday 18 April 2022 there was a George Barr remembrence day @ the VFW Post 690 - Chequamegon Veterans Center
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The Heroes of Doolittle's raid on Japan in april 1942
by Mr. Geert Rottiers
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