Ernest C Baker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 24 August 1944 in A/C #42-94780 a B-24 'Smitty', Killed in Action (KIA).

AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster; PH

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Units served with

34th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

4th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

42-94780

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Smitty
Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron

Places

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		24 August 1944
Born	Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	24 August 1944

Revisions

Date17 Jul 2021 19:31:22

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:13

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, ABMC, MACR 8463 / MACR 8463 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database