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Colonel Rex T. Barber (May 6, 1917 – July 26, 2001) was a World War II fighter pilot from the United States. He is best known as a member of the top secret mission to intercept the aircraft carrying Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in April 1943.
1 de ago. de 2001 · Rex T. Barber, a World War II fighter pilot who was a central figure in the storied 1943 mission that resulted in the death of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Japanese attack on...
Colonel Rex T. Barber. Inducted: 2003. Flying a P-38 Lightning on April 18, 1943, Rex Barber shot down the Mitsubishi Betty bomber carrying Japanese naval strategist Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet and architect of the raid on Pearl Harbor.
28 de mar. de 2024 · Capt. Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. claimed to have shot down Yamamoto’s plane, killing him in the process, but the evidence indicates it was not Lanphier, but his wingman, Rex Barber, who deserved the credit. Approaching Bougainville, the P-38s encounter two bombers and six escorts, not one bomber and escorts as expected.
2 de sept. de 2015 · 676. 69K views 8 years ago. Meet Culver's own Rex T. Barber, the man who shot down Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese Admiral that planned and executed the attacks on Pearl Harbor. We want to...
28 de jul. de 2001 · Rex T. Barber, a World War II fighter pilot who waged a long and unsuccessful battle to claim sole credit for shooting down the bomber that carried the mastermind of the Japanese attack on...
First Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, one of two Americans originally credited with shooting down Yamamoto. He later was given sole credit for the kill. According to the intercepted message, Yamamoto and his senior officers were arriving at the tiny island of Ballale just off the coast of Bougainville at 9:45 the next morning.
