Don Moore

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Lt. Barber’s B-24 bomber shot down over Vienna; he became POW

In Bronze Star, Purple Heart, U.S. Air Force, World War II on November 8, 2010 at 4:38 am

This is 2nd Lt. Victor Barber’s B-24 crew that first formed in Lincoln, N.B. where this picture was taken before flying to Europe and becoming part of a heavy bomber squadron in the 15th Air Force during World War II. Barber is standing in the rear at the far left. Photo provided.

Disaster struck on Friday 13, 1944 for 2nd Lt. Victor Barber a 21-year-old bombardier aboard a B-24 “Liberator” four-engine bomber flying from a base in Foggia, Italy. He was a member of the 251st Bomb Group, 724th Squadron, 15th Air Force.

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