Luther Howard Baker
MilitaryAssigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | 30 January 1919 | Son of Wallace Howard and Mary Bernice [Orey] Baker. |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 29 October 1941 | |
Other Belly Landing POW |
20 miles south of Rotterdam | 12 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 12 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
Died |
Honolulu, HI | 14 December 1997 | |
Buried |
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI | 19 December 1997 | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Hawaii Polt CT4-N, 500, 504 |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Podington | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database