Steve Casimir Baran
MilitaryAssigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. Killed in Action (KIA) 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069264 / O-806914
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
1004 Samuelson Rd, Rockford, IL 61109, USA | 9 December 1941 | Camp Grant Illinois |
Died |
NE of Picauville, France | 6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. Killed in Action (KIA) 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133. |
Buried |
50360 Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Interred Field burial Picauville. |
Phoenix, IL, USA | |||
Based |
Upottery | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Born |
Cook County, IL, USA |
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