Carl August Baker

Military
Private First Class Carl A. Baker, of the 303rd Bomb Group, putting on his overshoes by an ambulance. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238723.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '6A. When PFC. Carl A. Baker (U.S. Air Corps) was asked if he were engaged he replied "Not quite". Aged 22 and a meat cutter before he enlisted, Baker lives at 6837, North Tripp Ave, Jefferson Station, Chicago and attended Illinoi media-378922.jpg FRE 1054 Private First Class Carl A. Baker, of the 303rd Bomb Group, putting on his overshoes by an ambulance. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238723.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '6A. When PFC. Carl A. Baker (U.S. Air Corps) was asked if he were engaged he replied "Not quite". Aged 22 and a meat cutter before he enlisted, Baker lives at 6837, North Tripp Ave, Jefferson Station, Chicago and attended Illinois State Normal University. O.P.S. Baker draws on his overshoes in a muddy field somewhere in England."' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1054 - Private First Class Carl A. Baker, of the 303rd Bomb Group, putting on his overshoes by an ambulance. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current...

Assigned to 563BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Thawville, IL 19 June 1920 Son of George Elmer and Anna [Yeske] Baker.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 5 November 1941 Chicago, Illinois

Died

Arizona 10 August 2007

Buried

National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ 14 August 2007 National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Jefferson Station, Chicago, IL

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 563BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/274
https://www.fold3.com/record/89638503/carl-a-baker-wwii-army-enlistment…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36462149/carl-august-baker

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

Carl August Baker: Gallery (1 items)

Private First Class Carl A. Baker, of the 303rd Bomb Group, putting on his overshoes by an ambulance. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238723.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '6A. When PFC. Carl A. Baker (U.S. Air Corps) was asked if he were engaged he replied "Not quite". Aged 22 and a meat cutter before he enlisted, Baker lives at 6837, North Tripp Ave, Jefferson Station, Chicago and attended Illinoi

Object number: FRE 1054 - Private First Class Carl A. Baker, of the 303rd...