Cliff Barker
Clifford Eugene Barker was an American basketball player who won the gold medal with the USA [national basketball team] at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and two national championships at the University of Kentucky.
While at the University of Kentucky, Barker was an All-SEC and All-SEC Tournament guard during the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons.
A member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, Barker was a B-17 Flying Fortress waist gunner and spent 16 months as a prisoner-of-war. "Fancy Nancy III," the B-17 he was assigned to was shot down in the vicinity of Konigslutter. "Fancy Nancy III" was assigned to the 612 Bombardment Squadron, a unit of the 401st Bombardment Group.