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BARISH, Stephen Morris - Date of
birth
1918 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-748322 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
526th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
17 July 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel, off the coast of Berck-sur-Mer, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Philip Barish (father)
Getrude W. Barish (mother)
David Barish (brother)
Rhoda Barish (sister)
Elizabeth H. (Nelson) Barish (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-102961 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Frevent, France
Mission: Bombing of railway installations
MACR: 7839
More information
Stephen Barish enlisted at Camp Upton, New york on 22 July 1941.The airplane was shot down by flak.
The crew seemed to have bailed out and all landed in the Channel. None of the nine men survived.
Source of information: Peters Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: FOHF, Stevanne Mills, Nelda of Minter Field, Shafter, California, Pilot Class 43-F