Joseph Thomas Baker
Military
personal photo collection
Object Number - UPL 29776 - Joseph Thomas Baker - age approx 21
Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39841. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-687281
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749669
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36417395
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32574992
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wacky Woody
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Military site
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lowell, IN 46356, USA | 30 October 1922 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 25 February 1944 - 7 May 1945 | Shot down 25 Feb 1944 #6 - 6 March '44 -15 July '44 #4 - 18 July '44 - 31 Jan '45 #13D -8 Feb '45 - 4 April '45 #7A - 16 April '45 - 7 May '45 LaHavre, France 7 May 1945 on ship 15 May '45 to South Hampton, England Sailed for USA 19 May '45 Arrived USA 24 May '45. |
|
Died |
Munster, IN, USA | 30 January 2005 |
Revisions
ContributorCAROL BAKER-MURRAY
Changes
Sources
http://www.teunispats.nl/jack-edward-gibbs-4.htm and personal photographs
ContributorCAROL BAKER-MURRAY
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 2862 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
