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HISTORY
passed, they placed him on a door and dragged
him to a house, where they waited til nightfall.
People however generally had misgivings about
hiding Americans, and so the boys soldiered on.
After about 500m, they ran into ve Chinese Na-
tionalists, who took over Barber, but later made
possible several meetings with both boys.
The Chinese took care of the pilot to the best of
their ability with what little resources they had at
their disposal. Their care for his injuries included
acupuncture, hot compresses, and herbal reme-
dies, and they managed to save his injured foot
and hand, and avoided the danger of gangre-
ne. As soon as it was physically possible, they
set out for the unoccupied section of China. Mi-
ssing Aircrew Report about Barber’s P-38H-5LO
(42-62007) was unfortunately not archived, but
from its remains it is evident that he returned to
his base on June 7 th, 1944. It was also evident
that his arm was not properly set in its correct
position.
After his return to the United States, Barber
spent eight months in Santa Anna, California. His
arm ended up somewhat shorter, but his Chinese
caregiver did the impossible, and no amputation
was required, and under a worse case scenario,
Barber’s injuries did not result in death. The in-
destructible Barber quickly volunteered to join
the 412 th FG, commanded by legendary Flying
Tiger Tex Hill. Later on, Barber became CO of
the 29 th FS equipped with jet powered P-59s
and P-80s. From July, 1946, he commanded the
27 th FS within the framework of the 1 st FG,
again, in California. A year later, he married
Margaret, with whom he would have a son, Rex
Jr. Between 1946 and 1950 he served with the
Tactical Air Command at Langley. From 1952, he
served with the Air Defense Command in Colora-
do Springs and then served as an air force advi-
sor in Columbia and Equador. His last posting
was with the 354 th Fighter Wing, which he left
in 1961 to retire as a Colonel. For his service, he
received the Navy Cross, the Silver Star twice,
the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Veterans of Foreign
Wars Gold Medal of Merit, among others.
Rex T. Barber passed away on July 26, 2001.
The events of his rescue belongs among the most
signicant historical events of the Hunan Province
in China. At the end of the nineties, articles about
Barber’s rescue were published several times in
Chinese periodicals in several countries, and lo-
cal authorities were able to contact one of the
two boys who was already pushing seventy at
the time!
I would like to express my extreme gratitude to
Mr. And Mrs. Barber for their amazing assistance
in the research of this article.
Photo: via Rex T. Barber, Fold3.com, San Diego
Air & Space Museum, Wikimedia Commons
Cources:
Barber, R. T., correspondence
Bobek, J.: Smrt Admirála, Revi 18, Revi Publica-
tions, Ostrava, 1997
Ferkl, M.: Nakajima Ki-44 Shóki, Revi Publicati-
ons, 2009
Hata, I., Izawa, Y.: The Imperial Japanese Navy
Fighter Group , Dainippon Kaiga Co., 2010
Hata, I., Izawa, Y.: The Imperial Japanese Navy
Fighter Group 2, , Dainippon Kaiga Co., 2011
Hess, W.: Ace prole, Col. Rex T. Barber, Mus-
tang Int. Publishers, 1993
Ichimura, H.: Ki-43 ´Oscar´Aces of World War
Rex T. Barber was shot down on April 29, 1944 under similar circumstances. This photo taken in early 1944 over Yangtze river
shows attack of P-40s (bottom left) and three P-38s (upper right).
Rex. T. Barber and Kenji Yanagiya, former member of Kókútai 204 and only WWII survivor of Yamamoto escort on April 18,
1943. Photographed during April 1988 at Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas.
The Crooked River High Bridge in Oregon was renamed
in 2003 as Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge. The
bridge has an arch span of 410 feet (124.97 m) and is situa-
ted 300 feet (91.44 m) above the canyon oor.
2, Osprey, 2009
Millman, N.: Ki-44 ´Tojo´ Aces of World War 2,
Osprey, 2011
Stanaway, J. P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacic
and VBI, Osprey, 1997
Umemoto, H.: IJN Zero Battle Diary, Dainippon
Kaiga Co., 2011
Umemoto, H.: Air Combat over China of Ki43
Hayabusa in 1943-45m 25th & 48th Sentai,
Dainippon Kaiga Co., 2007
www.fold3.com
www.pacicwrecks.com
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