8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Harry B Baker
Military
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 kills. 1 x Bf109, 1 x Fw190. Killed in crash landing due to engine failure Wansford. P-51D 44-13924. 4-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.
Service
Units served with
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-13924
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission, crash landed fatally due to engine failure Wansford. Pilot Capt Harry B Baker Killed in Action (KIA).
Associated Place
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Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pennsylvania, USA | 11 April 1919 |
| Lived in | Lemoyne, PA, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | 12 March 1942 | |
| Based | Wittering | 27 August 1943 – 4 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promotion | Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 28 June 1944 |
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Promoted to Captain. |
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| Killed in action | Wansford, Peterborough PE8, UK | 4 August 1944 |
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Killed in crash landing due to engine failure Wansford. P-51D 44-13924. |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 March 2017 15:40:00 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 August 2016 15:42:07 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Baker%2C+Harry+B |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition |
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