Herbert M. Barag
Aviation Cadet Herbert M. Barag, 55th School Squadron, U.S. Army Air Corps. Left: Army portrait. Right: high school graduation photo.
Aviation Cadet Herbert M. Barag was born in New Jersey in November of 1919. He grew up at 1121 Locust Street in Camden NJ. Born to Jacob Barag and Rose Ruttenberg Barag, Herbert Barag was one of five children. The family had moved to Camden around 1913, and in 1930 Jacob Barag gave his occupation to the census taker as a junkman. By 1942, he was the proprietor of a grocery at Locust & Sycamore Streets in Camden, according to the Camden Courier-Post newspaper.
Herbert Barag grew up and attended school in Camden, graduating from Camden High in 1940. After high school, he attended the Wharton Evening School at the University of Pennsylvania for a year, before enlisting in the Army Air Corps on January 19, 1942 at Trenton NJ.
Herbert Barag was training as a bombardier in Albuquerque NM when he was killed in a training accident 30 miles southwest of town. He would have been commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant within 30 days of the accident, had he lived.
Besides his parents, he was survived by sisters, Beatrice and Rita, and by brothers Milton and David Barag.
The Furer-Barag Post of the Jewish War Veterans was named in part for Herbert Barag.
Camden Cadet Dies in 5000-Foot Fall
Camden Courier-Post —
Herbert Barag Tumbles From Military Plane in New Mexico
Word was received here today that Herbert M. Barag, 22, of 1121 Locust street, a bombardier with the U.S. Air Corps, was killed in Albuquerque, N.M., yesterday when he fell 5000 feet from an Army training plane.
Barag, the son of Jacob and Rose Barag, owners of a grocery at Locust and Sycamore streets, was to have completed his training within a month and receive a second lieutenant’s commission.
Air base officials withheld details of the accident pending an inquiry by an Army board. The ship from which the Camden man fell was a twin-motored plane.
Barag graduated from Camden High school in 1940. He attended the Wharton Evening school at the University of Pennsylvania up to a year ago, when he enlisted.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Rita, 14, and Mrs. Beatrice Lapp, of Somerville, and two brothers, David, 24, and Milton, 29.
Camden Cadet Dies in 5000-Foot Fall
Camden Courier-Post —
Herbert Barag Tumbles From Military Plane in New Mexico
Word was received here yesterday that Herbert M. Barag, 22, of 1121 Locust street, a bombardier with the U.S. Air Corps, was killed in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday when he fell 5000 feet from an Army training plane.
Barag, the son of Jacob and Rose Barag, owners of a grocery at Locust and Sycamore streets, was within a month to have completed his training and receive a second lieutenant’s commission.
Air base officials withheld details of the accident pending an inquiry by an Army board. The ship from which the Camden man fell was a twin-motored plane.
The Albuquerque air base said the youth apparently fell from the plane while on a routine flight with other crew members over the Manzano mountains, 30 miles east of Albuquerque.
Soldiers were sent through the wild country to bring back the body, which was brought by plane shortly after the accident.
Barag graduated from Camden High school in 1940. He attended the Wharton Evening school at the University of Pennsylvania a year ago, when he enlisted. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Rita, 14, and Mrs. Beatrice Lapp, of Somerville, and two brothers, David, 24, and Milton, 29.
Cadet Killed in Fall From Training Plane
Shamokin News-Dispatch —
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 24 (U.R) — An Army board of inquiry today began an investigation into the death of Bombardier Cadet Herbert M. Barag, 22, Camden, N. J., who fell 5,000 feet to his death from a twin-engined training plane. The Albuquerque air base said the youth apparently fell from the plane while on a routine flight with other crew members over the mountains 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque.
Soldiers were sent through the wild country to bring back the body which was located by plane shortly after the accident late yesterday. The youth’s body will be sent to Philadelphia at the request of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Barag.
Cadet Killed in Fall From Training Plane
Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho —
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque air base officials reported Herbert M. Barag, 22-year-old bombardier cadet from Camden, N.J., was killed Tuesday when he fell from a twin-motored training plane at an altitude of about 5000 feet.
Details of the accident were withheld pending an inquiry by an Army board. Officials said the cadet’s body was found about 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque. He had fallen early Tuesday.