Richard Barrett Updated: 23 JAN 2023
Airman: a019054.htm Surname: Barrett Init: R Rank: F/Lt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 65
P_link: p316.htm Plane: MUS FX993 Operation: Day ranger Crash_site: Limfjorden
Crash_d: d170544 Buried_d: b240544 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn, gr. 64
Den
17. maj 1944 blev F/O Germain fra
MUS FX955 begravet, og samme dag blev Aalborg flyveplads (Aalborg West,
Rødslet, nu Aalborg Lufthavn)
her igen angrebet
af 8 Mustangs. Formationen var lettet fra
RAF Coltishall kl.
09.05 og havde tilbagelagt den 1300 km lange tur mellem Coltishall
her og
Aalborg
her på ca. 2 timer og 20 minutter. Vejret over Aalborg var fint, og
adskillige tyske fly var i luften på træningsopgaver. Tyskerne blev totalt
overrumplede, da de 8 Mustangs pludselig angreb. 4 Mustangs kastede sig syd
for Aalborg over 2 formationer
Ju88. De 3 skød 4 Ju88 ned. Under angrebet kom
F/Lt Richard Barrett i MUS FX993 væk fra de
3
øvrige, men øst for Aalborg lykkedes det ham at nedskyde en
HE177. I mellemtiden
var flere FW190 lettet fra Rørdal
flyveplads
(Aalborg Ost,
her, se mere her) og en af dem kastede sig over Barretts
Mustang. Efter en kort kamp i lav højde styrtede Barrett brændende i Limfjorden
omkring
her og omkom. Han blev begravet på Frederikshavn Kirkegård den 20. eller 24.
maj 1944. (Kilde: FT 89-71-34)
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Richard Barrett, 24 år, var søn af Charles John og Doris Barrett, Auckland City, New Zealand. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se P-51 Mustang - Photos. p316MACR 1 flyver.
F/O Germain from
MUS FX955 was buried on 17 May 1944, and the very same day Aalborg Air
Station (Aalborg West, Rødslet, now Aalborg Airport)
here
was again attacked by 8 Mustangs.
The formation took off from
RAF Coltishall at
09:05 and had flown the 1300 km tour between Coltishall
here
and
Aalborg
here
in about 2 hours and 20 minutes. The weather over Aalborg was fine, and
quite a few German planes were in the air on training missions. The Germans were
totally taken by surprise when
the eight Mustangs suddenly attacked. South of
Aalborg 4
Mustangs threw themselves on 2 formations
of
Ju88. They shot down 4
Ju88. During the attack F/Lt Richard Barrett in MUS FX993
lost contact with the 3 others, but east of Aalborg he succeeded in shooting down a
HE177. In the meantime
more FW190s had taken off from
Rørdal Air Station
(Aalborg Ost,
here, more here) and
one of them targeted Barrett´s Mustang. After a short fight at a low altitude
Barrett crashed, burning, into the Limfjorden about
here and perished. He was buried in Frederikshavn Cemetery on 20 or 24 May
1944. (Source: FT 89-71-34)
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Richard Barrett, 24, was the son of Charles John and Doris Barrett, of Auckland City, New Zealand. (Source: CWGC)
See P-51 Mustang - Photos. p316MACR 1 airman.