Gordon Edwin Baker

Military

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Re-assigned to HQ Sqn 56FG, 8AF USAAF. EOW.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lima, Allen County, OH 13 April 1918 Son of Erben Louis Baker.

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 30 December 1940 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Based

Boxted 2 June 1944 - 17 June 1944 Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Boxted, Colchester, UK 17 June 1944 - 26 September 1944 Transferred to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Reassigned

Boxted, Colchester, UK 26 September 1944 - 10 August 1945 Re-assigned to HQ Sqn 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

End of War

Europe 10 August 1945

Other

Promoted

Boxted, Colchester, UK 10 August 1945 Promoted to Lt Colonel.

Died

Sumterville, FL 33585, USA 1 May 2004

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list