Peter Barnes ( c. 1907 – 7 February 1940 ) was a member of the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) and , along with James Richards ( also known as James McCormack ) , participated in the 1939 Coventry bombing which killed five people on 25 August 1939 . Although he and McCormack admitted constructing the bomb , which was intended to be used to destroy a power station , they claimed not to be involved in planting the bomb
1939 Coventry bombing
1939 Coventry bombing
Peter Barnes (Irish republican)