Byard F Baker
MilitaryOn 28 January 1945, enroute to bomb Dortmund coke plant, plane was hit in bombay area by flak burst. Plane crashed near Essen. Cpt. Baker became a Prisoner of War (POW).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War |
Germany | 28 January 1945 |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 12010 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Sources
ABMC/MACR 12010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted's Traveling Circus & MACR 12010 / Ted's Traveling Circus p. 446 & MACR 12010