A member of the "Greatest Generation", Samuel L. Barrick, Sr. was born to Samuel I. Barrick and Eula M. (Rushing) Barrick.
Sam's early years were spent in Eastern Washington and California and he lived much of the time on a farm. After graduating from high school in 1936, he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and trained as a mechanic, blacksmith, and welder.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was accepted for aviation cadet training in 1942. After commissioning as a second lieutenant and receiving his pilot's wings in 1943, he was selected as B-17 heavy bomber aircraft commander. He was married to Thyra "Chirp" Stott on February 28, 1943.
In November of 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary bound for England as one of 14 replacement B-17 crews in his combat training class.
Of 25 missions required to complete a combat tour, Sam completed 14. His outfit, the 100th Bomb Group, dispatched 20 aircraft on March 6, 1944 to bomb Berlin in the first large-scale daylight bombardment of the war. After four aircraft aborted the mission due to mechanical problems, German fighters near Haseluenne, Germany attacked the 16 remaining aircraft of his group. In a three-minute period, 9 of the 16 aircraft were shot down in flames and his aircraft was knocked out of the formation with the loss of two engines. He was able to fly his crippled aircraft to Sweden where he and his crew were interned until September of 1944.
The remainder of his working years were spent in aviation including a two-year period flying jet fighters during the Korean War. After a long civilian career with the General Electric Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, he retired and returned to Olympia, Washington.
Wives Thyra, in 1990, and Norma in 1998 preceded Sam in death. His only son, and daughter-in-law survive him along with three granddaughters: Diane, and and one great-granddaughter.
Sam's early years were spent in Eastern Washington and California and he lived much of the time on a farm. After graduating from high school in 1936, he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and trained as a mechanic, blacksmith, and welder.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was accepted for aviation cadet training in 1942. After commissioning as a second lieutenant and receiving his pilot's wings in 1943, he was selected as B-17 heavy bomber aircraft commander. He was married to Thyra "Chirp" Stott on February 28, 1943.
In November of 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary bound for England as one of 14 replacement B-17 crews in his combat training class.
Of 25 missions required to complete a combat tour, Sam completed 14. His outfit, the 100th Bomb Group, dispatched 20 aircraft on March 6, 1944 to bomb Berlin in the first large-scale daylight bombardment of the war. After four aircraft aborted the mission due to mechanical problems, German fighters near Haseluenne, Germany attacked the 16 remaining aircraft of his group. In a three-minute period, 9 of the 16 aircraft were shot down in flames and his aircraft was knocked out of the formation with the loss of two engines. He was able to fly his crippled aircraft to Sweden where he and his crew were interned until September of 1944.
The remainder of his working years were spent in aviation including a two-year period flying jet fighters during the Korean War. After a long civilian career with the General Electric Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, he retired and returned to Olympia, Washington.
Wives Thyra, in 1990, and Norma in 1998 preceded Sam in death. His only son, and daughter-in-law survive him along with three granddaughters: Diane, and and one great-granddaughter.
A member of the "Greatest Generation", Samuel L. Barrick, Sr. was born to Samuel I. Barrick and Eula M. (Rushing) Barrick.
Sam's early years were spent in Eastern Washington and California and he lived much of the time on a farm. After graduating from high school in 1936, he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and trained as a mechanic, blacksmith, and welder.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was accepted for aviation cadet training in 1942. After commissioning as a second lieutenant and receiving his pilot's wings in 1943, he was selected as B-17 heavy bomber aircraft commander. He was married to Thyra "Chirp" Stott on February 28, 1943.
In November of 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary bound for England as one of 14 replacement B-17 crews in his combat training class.
Of 25 missions required to complete a combat tour, Sam completed 14. His outfit, the 100th Bomb Group, dispatched 20 aircraft on March 6, 1944 to bomb Berlin in the first large-scale daylight bombardment of the war. After four aircraft aborted the mission due to mechanical problems, German fighters near Haseluenne, Germany attacked the 16 remaining aircraft of his group. In a three-minute period, 9 of the 16 aircraft were shot down in flames and his aircraft was knocked out of the formation with the loss of two engines. He was able to fly his crippled aircraft to Sweden where he and his crew were interned until September of 1944.
The remainder of his working years were spent in aviation including a two-year period flying jet fighters during the Korean War. After a long civilian career with the General Electric Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, he retired and returned to Olympia, Washington.
Wives Thyra, in 1990, and Norma in 1998 preceded Sam in death. His only son, and daughter-in-law survive him along with three granddaughters: Diane, and and one great-granddaughter.
Sam's early years were spent in Eastern Washington and California and he lived much of the time on a farm. After graduating from high school in 1936, he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and trained as a mechanic, blacksmith, and welder.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was accepted for aviation cadet training in 1942. After commissioning as a second lieutenant and receiving his pilot's wings in 1943, he was selected as B-17 heavy bomber aircraft commander. He was married to Thyra "Chirp" Stott on February 28, 1943.
In November of 1943, he boarded the Queen Mary bound for England as one of 14 replacement B-17 crews in his combat training class.
Of 25 missions required to complete a combat tour, Sam completed 14. His outfit, the 100th Bomb Group, dispatched 20 aircraft on March 6, 1944 to bomb Berlin in the first large-scale daylight bombardment of the war. After four aircraft aborted the mission due to mechanical problems, German fighters near Haseluenne, Germany attacked the 16 remaining aircraft of his group. In a three-minute period, 9 of the 16 aircraft were shot down in flames and his aircraft was knocked out of the formation with the loss of two engines. He was able to fly his crippled aircraft to Sweden where he and his crew were interned until September of 1944.
The remainder of his working years were spent in aviation including a two-year period flying jet fighters during the Korean War. After a long civilian career with the General Electric Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, he retired and returned to Olympia, Washington.
Wives Thyra, in 1990, and Norma in 1998 preceded Sam in death. His only son, and daughter-in-law survive him along with three granddaughters: Diane, and and one great-granddaughter.
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