Albert Mason
Military | Staff Sergeant | Crew Chief | 356th Fighter Group
James B Baker Jr
Military
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 42 missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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James Pascarello
Military | Sergeant | Crew Chief | 356th Fighter Group
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Command
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356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
359th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-15183 'Bama Baby' 'Nikki'
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of 1st Lt James B Baker Jr.
Associated Place
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Foster Field Dr, Victoria, TX, USA | 27 February 1944 |
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Mid Air Collision 13 Miles E Foster Field, Victoria, Texas Cat 3 damage Lt James B Baker Jr, 27-Feb-44. AT-6A 41-15962 - 9SEFTS |
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| Based | Martlesham Heath | 8 October 1944 – September 1945 |
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Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promotion | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | January 1945 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | September 1945 |
| Died | 5 November 1983 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 December 2016 16:18:54 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2016 10:49:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to aircraft associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-15183&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2016 10:35:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-15183&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:14:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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