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BSHARAH, Fred - Date of
birth
26 June 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia -
Hometown
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-2065328 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilotage Navigator -
Unit
567th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 April 1945 - Place of
death
Soltau, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 39 | 18 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Andrew Bsharah (father)
Foze Bsharah (mother)
Phillip Bsharah (brother)
Frances Bsharah (sister)
Jennie Bsharah (sister)
Mary Louise Bsharah (sister)
Edith Bsharah (sister)
Louis Bsharah (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-49254 -
Data
Type: B-24L
Nickname: The Palace Of Dallas
Destination: Germany
MACR: 14113
More information
2nd Lt Fred Bsharah graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1934 and was a retail manager. He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 19 March 1942.The airplane was rammed by a BF 109, flown by Uffz. Heinrich Rosner of Sonderkommando Elbe.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight were killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, West Virginia Memory Project
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.jcs-group.com/military/johnmeyer1/reminiscing.html, www.findagrave.com