BARSAM Meran A - 360 BS 303 BGH

 

Meran Avedi BARSAM

“Buddy”

 

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Source : Linda Carole Mustion
 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-742829 (19097344) 
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH13 September 1919 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OHIO
ENLISTMENT STATECALIFORNIA
FAMILY

Spouse : Irene Gertrude Harrah Babcock

Parents : Meran A & Hazel Robinson BARSAM

Sister : Betty

RANKSecond Lieutenant 
FONCTIONCoPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTClerks, general office california
DATE of ENLISTEMENT10 April 1942 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA
 SQUADRON360th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP303rd Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY8th US Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH27 August 1943

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Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLa Papote - Cne de Morbecque
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-70-BO - s/n 42-29754 PU*B

"Shangri-La 'Lil'"

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Macr : 405

Mission :#64 - Watten (59)

Take off station 107 Molesworth, Cambridgeshire UK

The bodies were initially buried in Merville (59)

Shots by the flak 

Airplane partially evacuated by parachute

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMETERY TEMPORARY of  Blosville N°3508

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary  

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
C423
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

World War II Victory Medal 

 

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victory medal

  

 

usaf  8air force  303bg 360bs
 
STORY

2nd Lieutenant Meran Avedis “Buddy” Barsam, Jr., born in Cincinnati. OH, in Oct 1919, was the son of Meran A and Hazel H (Robinson) Barsam of Glendale, California. He left a wife Irene Gertrude (Moore) Barsam at 328-A Wilson St., in Glendale.

In the 1920 census 3 month-old Meran is living with his parents and sister Betty (4) at 3445 Trimble (see home pic in replies) in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was born in Armenia and was the proprieter of a “House Dress Company”.

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Source : Tx Oma
 
  By the 1930 census 10 year-old Meran is living with his parents, sister Betty (14) and paternal uncle Suren at 766 North Maclay in San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California. His father in manufacturing ladies dresses. His mother manages the retail side of the family business. His father died in 1938.

Meran was class president of the 1938 class of Glendale High School. Since his father passed away in 1938, he probably worked in the family business until he enlisted in the Army Air Corps 10 Apr 1942 at Los Angeles.

Meran married Irene Gertrude Harrah Moore (Moore is her name on the Marriage License) from Yakima, Washington on 12 Apr 1943 in Maricopa County, Arizona while he was training with the 395th Bomb Group at Ephrata, Washington. Ephrata is about 75 miles northeast of Yakima in central Washington state.

2nd Lt Barsam was co pilot of B-17 42-29754 “Shangrila Lil” piloted by 2nd Lt George W Crockett, Jr., flying out of Molesworth, Cambridge. Shangrila Lil was shot down by intense flak at 16,000 feet on a mission to bomb the Special V-Weapons installation at Watten (see sketch and current pic in replies), 20 miles southeast of Calais, France. Three of the crew, including Lt Barsam, were killed by the flak direct hit near the bomb bay doors. 6 were able to bail out. Lt Crockett was able to crash-land the plane near Morbecque, 19 miles southeast of Watten, before being taken prisoner.

The Los Angeles Times – 19 Sep 1943 – Page 21 – GLENDALE AIRMAN MISSING OVERSEAS - Lieut. Meran A. Barsam, 24 year-old Glendale pilot, has been missing in the European combat area since Aug. 27, according to word received from the War Department by his mother Mrs. Hazel Barsam of 115-B W. Mountain Street, Glendale. He was stationed in England. A graduate of Glendale High School, Lieut. Barsam is the husband of Mrs. Irene Moore Barsam, 328-A Wilson St., Glendale.
Irene remarried Edward Roger Babcock in Yakima in 1946 and passed away in Yakima in 1991.

 

B-17 Fortress - type F-70-BO - s/n 42-29754 PU*B

"Shangri-La 'Lil'"

 

2nd Lieutenant George W Jr CROCKETT Pilote Prisonnier   - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia O-737369 - WISCONSIN
2nd Lieutenant Meran A Jr BARSAM CoPilote Décédé Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-742829 - AM PH+1 - Glendale, CALIFORNIA 
2nd Lieutenant Israel MILLNER Navigateur Prisonnier  - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia  O-674236 - MISSOURI
2nd  Lieutenant William John CRAMSIE Bombardier Décédé Gate of Heaven Cem. Hawthorne, Winchester Co, New York O-670020 - 24 ans - Né le 06/06/1919 Ireland - Fils de James Patrick et Alice (Flynn) Cramsie - New York, NEW YORK
T/Sergeant Morris TEPPER Mecanicien/Mitrailleur Décédé Corps rapatrié aux USA 32415990 - Fils de Bessie Tepper, Brooklyn, NEW YORK - Initialement inhumé au Cim Com de Merville (59) T.88 (Carré anglais)
T/Sergeant Allen D JAYNES Radio Prisonnier  - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia  36513389 - MICHIGAN
S/Sergeant Eugène F WILLIAMS Mitrailleur Prisonnier   32469422
S/Sergeant Eddie D HOMER Mitrailleur Prisonnier- Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12  38049809 - TEXAS
S/Sergeant Benjamin Jr CLARKE Mitrailleur Prisonnier  - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf 36508282 - MICHIGAN
S/Sergeant James C BURKE Mitrailleur Prisonnier - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf 13125289
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GEORGE W. CROCKETT JR. CREW - 360th BS - B-17F Shangri-La Lil #42-29754 (360BS) PU-B
(crew assigned 360BS: 13 July 1943 - photo: 12 Aug 1943)
(Crockett was copilot to J.E. Bradbury, upgraded to pilot 01 Aug 1943)

(Back L-R) 2Lt William J. Cramsie (B)(KIA); 2Lt George W. Crockett, Jr. (P)(POW);
2Lt Israel (Ira) Millner (N)(POW); 2Lt Meran A. Barsam, Jr. (CP)(KIA)

(Front L-R) S/Sgt Benjamin Clarke, Jr. (BTG)(POW); S/Sgt Eugene F. Williams (LWG)(POW);
S/Sgt James C. Burke (TG)(POW); T/Sgt Allen D. Jaynes (R)(POW);
Sgt Eddie Douglas (Tex) Homer (RWG)(POW); T/Sgt Morris Tepper (E)(KIA)

Source : 303rdbg.com
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFindagrave.com  - Abmc.gov  - Francecrashes39-45.net  - Aad.archives.gov 
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