WW2 Flight Log USAAF Emmett Barrentine Jr 56th Fighter Group 8th Air Force P47

World War 2 Flight Log USAAF
Personal flight log of Emmett Barrentine Jr from his training in the USA in planes such as Piper J3, Steerman, Volti, North American AT6, Curtis P40, Republic P47s etc...
Service Numbers: 14188772 / O-830384
8th Air Force56th Fighter Group
63rd Fighter Squadron

Fighter Pilot who flew P47 Thunderbolts including 44-21141 "The Brat"
Flew from Halesworth and Boxted Airfield UK

AAF station 150/365
Born Memphis, TN, USA 9 April 1924
Son of Emmett S and Roxy Barrentine.
Enlisted Airport Rd, Columbus, MS 39701, USA 11 December 1942 Columbus AAF Mississippi USA
End Tour Duty (ETD) England, UK 20 July 1945
Barrentine remained in the Air Force following WWII, serving in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
He eventually attained the rank of Colonel before retiring from active duty.
His service was recognized with several decorations, including:
World War II Victory Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Phillipston, MA 01331, USA 13 June 1960 Ejected at low level from F-104A 56-806 after low oil pressure caused an engine failure on a test flight. Landed near Queen Lake and A/C crashed a ¼ mile west of Phillipston, Massachusetts.
Died Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, 7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138, USA 28 April 2007