Rex  Barber

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   * 6th May 1917

   + 26th July 2001


US fighter pilot, memeber of the 339th and 449th Fighter Squadrons
He was best known as a member of the top secret P-38 Lightning mission to intercept Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Barber is credited with the sole kill of Yamamoto by military historians


He flew 138 combat missions and was credited with 5 confirmed kills and 3 probables