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F/Lt. Anthony Louis Henry Barber
Royal Air Force No. 57 Squadron
from:Boreham Wood
(d.22nd Mar 1941)
Anthony Barber was the son of Group Captain Christopher Percival Barber and Evangeline Josephine Barber, of Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire. He was a Wellington bomber pilot who was killed in action with his entire crew. He is buried at Oostende New Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
On Friday, 21st of March 1941, Wellington X3162-DX aircraft of No. 57 Squadron (RAF) took off for a mission to Oostende in Belgium from RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. The station records state that Barber and his crew were missing on 21st March 1941, although they appear to be officially recorded as Killed or Missing on 22nd of March 1941.
In addition to Barber, the Wellington's crew, each of whom is commemorated as Missing atthe Runnymede Memorial, included: