Walter M Baskin
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. On a training flight Lt Baskin was engaged in simulated combat with another P51D aircraft. He was observed to slice off a wing and fall into a flat spin. He did approximately seven turns and hit in the mud flats of the Orwell River Suffolk, England, approximately 2 miles W. of Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk. The cockpit of his plane burst into flames after it crashed. 13-Feb-45. Killed in flying accident (KIFA).
Awards: DFC, AM (6 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington County, MS, USA | 22 December 1922 | Son of Wealdon and Lucille Baskin. |
Enlisted |
Jackson, MS, USA | 22 July 1942 | |
Other Transferred |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 30 October 1944 | Transferred to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Crashed |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 15 December 1944 | Landing Accident due to Mechanical Failure Martlesham Heath/Sta 369 Cat 3 damage 1st Lt Walter M Wale, 12-Dec-44. P-51D 44-15642 - 361FS 356FG 8AF |
Died |
River Orwell, United Kingdom | 13 February 1945 | Mid air collision on training flight / mock combat. Crashed in the mud flats of the Orwell River Suffolk, England, approx 2 miles W of Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk. 13-Feb-45. Killed in flying accident (KIFA). |
Buried |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 30 October 1944 | Assigned to 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Missouri, USA | |||
Buried |
Vaiden, MS 39176, USA | Memorialised Vaiden Cemetery Vaiden Carroll County Mississippi, USA. |
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356 FG Assoc data / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list