CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

BARR

First Name/s:

Robert James

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Service No/s:

R251406

Service:

RCAF

Branch:

Air Gunner

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown

25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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01 Sep 1944

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

01 Sep 1944

*

Training

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4h30

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known.

03 Sep 1944

*

Training

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4h55

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Night cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known.

13 Sep 1944

*

Training

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1h30

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Bombing practice. Aircraft and timings not known.

16 Sep 1944

LM294

UL-G2

LEEUWARDEN

0020

0350

3h30

P1   Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke
P2   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
FE   Sgt F.N. Ashton
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Sgt N. Costigan
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. This was the crew's skipper, Clewley's, 'second dickie' flight. There is a conflict of information between Templeman-Rooke's logbook and the Squadron ORB. I have listed the crew as given by T-Rooke. The ORB gives the crew as: T-Rooke, Ashton, Strand, Sollis, Holmes, Boyd, and West; T-Rooke's regular 'crew'. Barr's logbook also supports T-Rooke's.

18 Sep 1944

*

Training

nk

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2h50

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known.

19 Sep 1944

*

Training

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0h35

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Fighter affiliation. Aircraft and timings not known.

21 Sep 1944

*

Training

nk

nk

2h15

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known.

22 Sep 1944

*

Training

nk

nk

2h20

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known.

28 Sep 1944

NF975

UL-J2

CALAIS

0800

1125

3h25

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Military installations to the south-east of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The target was obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber ordered crews to return to base with their bombs.

03 Oct 1944

PD271

UL-T2

WESTKAPELLE

1310

1610

3h00

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Walcheren Island sea wall. Flown in support of Operation INFATUATE. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

04 Oct 1944

*

Training

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3h45

P1   Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF
P2   
FE   Sgt A.J. Taylor
AB   Sgt E.F. Williams RCAF
NAV  Fg Off A.J. Reid RCAF
WOp  Flt Sgt J.A. Joyce RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt H.R. Thyret RCAF
RG   Flt Sgt R.J. Barr RCAF

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. This was the crew's last flight on 576 Squadron before being posted to 166 Squadron at Kirmington.

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