Dorsey Lee Baker Jr | American Air Museum in Britain

Crew #404/733 Dorsey L. Baker Crew Standing Left to Right: Dorsey L. Baker (P), William G. Lenco (CP), William T. Brenner (N), Warren B. Hermes (B) Kneeling far right: John A. Chismar (R/O). The three remaining men are unidentified in the photo Rest of Crew: Lewis C. Scalzo (FE), Conrad Boudet (G), Gale Thompson (G), William Anderson (G), Matthew Ferrera (G) The a/c is B-24H-15-CF #41-29439 "Gallopin' Ghost" Code: T9-K (784th BS) & 6L-K (787thBS) This crew completed a 32 mission tour. 30 of them with the 784th BS

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Service

William Anderson

Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Conrad Boudet

Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
William Brenner

Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
John Chismar

Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Matthew Ferrera

Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Warren Hermes

Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
William Lenco

Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
MACR 7381. B-24 AC # 41-29387 'THE SNARK'. AC put through violent actions to avoid flak on mission on 8 Aug 1944. 4 crewman bailed out and were captured. Remaining crew returned to England, but forced to crash land at Manston. RTD.
Lewis Scalzo

Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group

466th Bomb Group

Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
784th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
787th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

8th Air Force 275

23 March 1944
The industrial areas of Brunswick, Munster, Osnabruck, and Achmer, Germany as well as the airfield at Handorf, Germany become the targets for a force of 768 heavy bombers despatched by all three Air Divisions. The bomber gunner claims on German...
8th Air Force 282

27 March 1944
This mission might be likened to a "shotgun blast" as a combined force 714 heavy bombers are despatched form all three Air Divisions to attack 11 different German airfields and air depots in France. Mission summary follows: ...
311

22 April 1944
322

27 April 1944
376

28 May 1944
471

13 July 1944
481

18 July 1944
Flew an easy one over Denmark to Germany. Only had one hours sleep between yesterday and today.

Attlebridge

Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...

Event	Location	Date
Born	Saline County, KS, USA	16 March 1917
Lived in	Pratt City, Birmingham, AL 35214, USA	1942
1400 2nd Street
Died	Orange County, FL, USA	8 July 1985
Buried	Bay Pines, FL, USA	11 July 1985
Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines Pinellas County Florida, USA Plot: 49, 2, 3

Date	Contributor	Update
30 May 2017 15:09:14	466thHistorian	Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, events and aircraft associations
Sources
research by genealogist Marcia Melnyk
Date	Contributor	Update
31 January 2015 03:55:10	466thHistorian	Changes to events
Sources
466th BG Historian
Date	Contributor	Update
31 January 2015 03:53:58	466thHistorian	Changes to highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations
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466th BG Historian
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:07:45	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343