Barker, Reg
Title
Barker, Reg
R Barker
Description
Two items. The notes for a talk given by Reg Barker to the Haywards Heath Historical Society on 24 June 2014 and an account of his Lancaster being shot down during an operation to Kiel on 20 August 1944. Reg Barker flew as pilot on Halifax with 76 Squadron and Lancaster with 635 Squadon.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Reg Barker and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Reg Barker and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
Date
2015-11-23
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Barker, R
Collection Items
A miraculous escape from certain death in WWII.
An account of operation as Pathfinder against German naval and submarine base at Kiel when his aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, causing the aircraft to break in two. He and three other survivors were taken prisoners of war and sent to…
Talk to the Haywards Heath Historical Society
These are notes prepared by Reg Barker for a talk he gives to Haywards Heath Historical Society. He opens by mentioning the Bomber Command memorial in Green Park. He recalls being a guest at two weddings in 1943, along with three other members of…
Collection Tree
- Barker, Reg