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CFC Ring Gunner: 16141602John T Barry Sgt IL 17-3-1945 B-29 #42-24849 Z-SQ-8

DURING THE NIGHT OF 16-17 MARCH 1945, HE FLEW AS AN AERIAL GUNNER IN THE RIGHT BLISTER STATION ABOARD B-29-50-BW SUPERFORTRESS SERIAL #42-24849 NICKNAMED "Mission to Albuquerque" TAIL CODE Z-SQUARE-8, OF THE 881ST BOMBER SQUADRON, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (VH), 73RD BOMB WING, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, 20TH AIR FORCE STATIONED AT ISELY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS.

Z-SQ-8 WAS ONE OF 307 B-29 AIRCRAFT DISPATCHED FROM THE XXI BOMBER COMMAND TO BOMBARD THE URBAN AREA OF KOBE, JAPAN.

KIA WHEN Z-SQ-8 WAS UNINTENTIONALLY RAMMED BY Captain Junichi Ogata FLYING A KAWASAKI Ki-61 Hien "Tony" FIGHTER OVER THE TAGET AREA ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF KOBE.

Honoree Plaque - WWII Memorial Registry (abmc.gov)