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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 BarkerGordon ThomasFlight SergeantPilot1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45,RAFBomber Command150Sqn
1940-05-14BattleIP5232JN-Ecury-sur-Coole1520 Attacking pontoon bridges at Remilly Aillicourt, on the Meuse. Sedan Shot down by Me109. CrashedKilledCholoy War Cemetery France
Killed in action when his Fairey Battle was shot down by Me.109s attacking pontoon bridges at Remilly Aillicourt, on the Meuse, on 14 May 1940, on a day in which the RAF lost over 40 aircraft in this operation

Former RAF Halton Apprentice, served during the Second World War as a Pilot with 150 Squadron from their deployment to Challerange Benson and then Ecury-Sur-Coole on 2 September 1939 as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force. By 18 September they were flying regular reconnaissance and combat patrols over the Franco-German border. On 30 September the Squadron suffered heavy casualties in an early engagement with Me.109s. Barker and two others were patrolling the border and were not engaged. From October 1939 to March 1940 Barker engaged in evasion techniques against enemy fighters, practice flying, reconnaissance photography and ferried in much needed replacement aircraft. On 3 March 1940 he was lead aircraft in a bombing attack on enemy positions near Bapaume. During March and April the squadron carried out numerous Nickel raids on various towns. By 2 May 1940 the squadron was fully engaged in low level bombing strikes on enemy positions, the invasion of France and the Lowlands was about to begin. On 14 May with the German army advancing at a pace the Squadron was ordered to carry out Low level strikes on the pontoon bridges crossing the Meuse at Sedan. They sent four aircraft in two groups of two, and none returned. Barker was killed in action when Fairey Battle P5282, which he piloted, was ‘jumped’ and completely destroyed by Me.109s as they made their bomb runs, his aircraft being claimed by Oberlt. Hans Karl Mayer of 1/JG53. The only survivor of the four crews was Barker’s Air Gunner, Summerson, who would later be awarded the Croix de Guerre. In response to Barker’s widow’s subsequent attempts to find out what actually happened to her husband, Air Gunner Summerson gives a detailed account of the action: ‘Sergeant G. T. Barker, who was my pilot, whilst on operations in France, I regret to inform you that both he and the observer, Sergeant Williams were hit in the air by machine gun fire before our machine caught fire, and when we crashed in flames I was luckily thrown clear but the others were trapped in the aircraft. Although I tried to get them out, the flames and heat were too much for me and I was forced to leave them. One thing is certain though - they were unconscious at the time - perhaps dead already so the poor chaps would feel nothing. Please convey my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Barker and tell her that her husband died bravely for the sake of England and how much everyone with whom he came in contact liked him.” Summerson says that although he had tried to write to Mrs. Barker he was unable to, finding it the ‘most difficult task I have ever tackled.’ He asked for the letter to be forwarded. Some 40 RAF aircraft were lost on this day during operations against the bridges, a catastrophic loss rate. Barker is buried in Choloy War Cemetery, France. His medals were sent to his widow, Vi Barker.
2 BarkerGordon RossWarrant Officer413941AustraliaRAAF454Sqn RAAF
1944-02-22RAAF Honour Roll

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