Todd served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25G #42-64770, 379th Bomber Squadron, 310th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hardin County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-25G #42-64770 took off from Gambut, Libya on a shipping bombing mission over Portelargo Bay, near Leros Island, Greece. They were hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash in the sea about two miles of shore during the war.
Todd was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18117439
His brother, 1Lt L. C. Barneycastle, was also Killed In Action during World War II.
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Airmen who perished on B-25G #42-64770:
Barneycastle, Todd ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, TX
Huttemann, Gustave 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
McConnell, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Pyles, Deane E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Slater, Edmund N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, MA
Thorne, Dudley P, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, NJ
The entire crew perished on this mission.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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He resided in Hardin County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-25G #42-64770 took off from Gambut, Libya on a shipping bombing mission over Portelargo Bay, near Leros Island, Greece. They were hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash in the sea about two miles of shore during the war.
Todd was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18117439
His brother, 1Lt L. C. Barneycastle, was also Killed In Action during World War II.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25G #42-64770:
Barneycastle, Todd ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, TX
Huttemann, Gustave 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
McConnell, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Pyles, Deane E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Slater, Edmund N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, MA
Thorne, Dudley P, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, NJ
The entire crew perished on this mission.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Todd served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25G #42-64770, 379th Bomber Squadron, 310th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hardin County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-25G #42-64770 took off from Gambut, Libya on a shipping bombing mission over Portelargo Bay, near Leros Island, Greece. They were hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash in the sea about two miles of shore during the war.
Todd was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18117439
His brother, 1Lt L. C. Barneycastle, was also Killed In Action during World War II.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25G #42-64770:
Barneycastle, Todd ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, TX
Huttemann, Gustave 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
McConnell, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Pyles, Deane E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Slater, Edmund N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, MA
Thorne, Dudley P, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, NJ
The entire crew perished on this mission.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Hardin County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-25G #42-64770 took off from Gambut, Libya on a shipping bombing mission over Portelargo Bay, near Leros Island, Greece. They were hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash in the sea about two miles of shore during the war.
Todd was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18117439
His brother, 1Lt L. C. Barneycastle, was also Killed In Action during World War II.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25G #42-64770:
Barneycastle, Todd ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, TX
Huttemann, Gustave 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
McConnell, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
Pyles, Deane E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Slater, Edmund N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, MA
Thorne, Dudley P, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, NJ
The entire crew perished on this mission.
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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