Birth Date: 1918 (age 25)
Born: Durham. England
Thomas Barnfather & Nora Barnfather (née Lund)
Home: Banfield, Argentina, South America (parents)
Marshal | |
Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
Air Marshal | A/M |
Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
Air Commodore | A/C |
Group Captain | G/C |
Wing Commander | W/C |
Squadron Leader | S/L |
Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
Flying Officer | F/O |
Pilot Officer | P/O |
Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
Flight Sergeant | FS |
Sergeant | SGT |
Corporal | CPL |
Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Took off from RAF Syerston at 23:00 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code ZN-J Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.
Outbound from the target the aircraft disappeared without trace.
Killed includes Barnfather: Flying Officer Donald Allister Campbell RCAF J/22215 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel173. Flight Sergeant Ellis George McLeod RCAF R/119526 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 184. Sergeant Vernon Russell Jacob RAF 1384790 Runnymede Memorial, Panel154. Sergeant Frank Robertson RAF 653317 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel163. Sergeant Ian George Armet RAF 1561872 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel140. Sergeant Francis Langhorne Backhouse RAF 1393720 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel141.