"T.Sgt. Robert B. Barnes, flight engineer and waist-gunner (50 cal. machine gun) on the Harold Finley crew on a B-24 bomber in the Pacific in the 90th Bomb Group. Bailed out over China on May 19th, 1945 at 2:15pm with all the crew (see below) and spent one month getting out with the help of the Chinese. Crew members: Harold Finley (pilot), new co-pilot (name unknown), Robert B. Barnes (flight engineer and waist-gunner), William (Bill) Dietz (navigator), William (Bill) Thomas (radio operator), George W. Eckridge, Jr. (tail-gunner), Eugene Handrehand (spelling ??) (bombardier), Vernon (Pop) Jarvis (nose gunner), Alan Umbright (top turret gunner), and Walter ("Frog") Froehling (waist-gunner)." |
