BARR, ROBERT HOWARD
Name: Robert
Howard Barr
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force / LTC
Unit: 4133RD BOMB WING (P), 70TH BOMB WING (TDY)
Date of Birth: 06/26/1923
Home City of Record:
Pewaukee, WI
Date of Loss:
28-July-69
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates:
Status (in 1973): NOT noted on PMSEA
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: B-52D
Stratofortress strategic bomber (#56-0630)
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: All eight
personnel aboard were killed. The lost crewmen
included aircraft commander MAJ
Edward W. Wyatt, co-pilot CAPT John A. Albasio,
radar navigator CAPT Donald J. Maccio, navigator CAPT Edward A. Miskowski, electronic
warfare officer (EWO)
1LT Gary P. Leach, and gunner TSGT
Clinton E. Tibbetts. The two
other U. S. Air Force personnel reportedly on board
the aircraft were LTC Robert H. Barr
and TSGT Richard Piskula.
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from
U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published
sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File.
BIO ADDED 11/21/18
Subject: | FYI |
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Date: | Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:21:34 +0000 |
From: | William M. Killian |
To: | info@pownetwork.org <info@pownetwork.org> |
I was doing research on the below
air loss and discovered that the remains of two airmen from
this incident were
not recovered. Neither of them are mentioned in the pownetwork.org database.
Their names are highlighted below:
On July 27 1969, a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52D
Stratofortress strategic bomber (#56-0630) from the 17th
Bomb Wing,
4133rd Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, crashed into the Pacific
Ocean following the failure
of the starboard wing after takeoff from Anderson
Air Force Base in Guam. All eight personnel aboard were
killed. The lost crewmen
included aircraft commander MAJ Edward W. Wyatt, co-pilot CAPT John A. Albasio,
radar navigator CAPT Donald J. Maccio, navigator CAPT Edward A. Miskowski,
electronic warfare officer
(EWO)
1LT Gary P. Leach, and
gunner TSGT Clinton E. Tibbetts. The two other U. S. Air Force personnel
reportedly on board the aircraft were
LTC Robert H. Barr and
TSGT Richard Piskula. The wing loss occurred
about the time the nose wheel left
the ground during takeoff. Eyewitness accounts reported that the plane
continued
momentarily in level flight, then made a violent bank below the sight of the
cliff at the end of the
runway, crashing into the ocean. Aircraft commander CAPT
Wyatt attempted to eject, and his chute was
found either fully or partially
deployed. His remains were recovered. The remains of the four other crewmen
and
one passenger were also recovered.
However, neither Leach’s nor Barr’s bodies were found. Tibbetts
was
posthumously promoted to Master Sergeant. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org,
aviation-safety.net, and
web.archive.org]
Regards,
William M. Killian
Field Title | Value | Meaning |
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Last Name | BARR | BARR |
Given Names | ROBERT HOWARD | ROBERT HOWARD |
Social Security or Service Number | 442079982 | 442079982 |
Date of Birth | 19230626 | 06/26/1923 |
Service | F | Air Force |
Component | R | Regular |
Rank | LTC | Lieutenant Colonel |
Grade and posthumous promotion | O5 | O5 |
Service Occupation | ----- | Undefined Code |
Actual Date of Casualty | 19690728 | 07/28/1969 |
Actual Date of Death | 19690728 | 07/28/1969 |
Tour Date | ------ | Invalid Date |
Posthumous decoration | ||
Casualty Type | C1 | Non-Hostile, Died of Other Causes |
Reason | B | Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Air no Air | 2 | Fixed Wing - Crew |
Body Recovered | --- | Undefined Code |
Date Body Recovered | ----- | Invalid Date |
Country | VS | South Vietnam |
Province | -- | Undefined Code |
Casualty Location | ||
Major command, eg division or brigade | SAC | SAC |
Company/battery/troop or similar level unit | ||
Battalion or similar level unit | ||
Regiment, ROAD | ||
Air Wing | 4133RD BOMB WING (P) | 4133RD BOMB WING (P) |
Air Group | ||
Squadron | 70TH BOMB WING (TDY) | 70TH BOMB WING (TDY) |
Task Force | ||
Task Group | ||
Ship | ||
Unparsed Unit | ||
Home of Record City | PEWAUKEE | PEWAUKEE |
Home of Record State Code | WI | Wisconsin |
Notes | ||
Panel | 20W | 20W |
Line | 054 | 54 |
Date: | Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:58:30 -0500 |
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To: | POW Network <info@pownetwork.org> |
(name withheld)