Aba Bardicev

Aircraftman 2nd Class, MI9 Middle East
Service number 769448
Died 15 Jan 1945
Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial and Mount Herzl, Israel
Age 24

Aba was born on 25 April 1920 in Galati, Romania to Mordechai and Suzi Naomi Bardicev (Berdichev).

Aba was part of a group of Jewish paratroopers from British Mandate Palestine who parachuted into German occupied Europe. He was murdered at Mauthausen Concentration Camp on 15 Jan 1945.

His story can be found in the links below.

Here lies Aba Berdichev of Suzi and Mordechai. Born 1925 in Galati, Romania. He parachuted behind enemy lines & died at Mauthausen, Austria in 1945. May He Rest In Peace

Resources

Aba Bardicev story Download
Jewish Parachutists of Palestine Download

Gallery

  • Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine, Italy 1944. Left to right: Zadok Doron, Aba Bardichev, Chaim Ya’ari
  • Mount Herzl graves and memorials
  • Mount Herzl
  • Runnymede Memorial