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Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bombing mission to Evreaux area, last seen strafing trucks in the Beaumont Le Roger area. Shot down 10-Jun-44. Pilot Lt Robert L Baker Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5617.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13067129 / O-733581
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 19011127 / O-431152
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/DeputyGroup Commander
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
27170 Beaumont-le-Roger, France | 10 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bombing mission to Evreaux area, last seen strafing trucks in the Beaumont Le Roger area. Shot down 10-Jun-44. Pilot Lt Robert L Baker Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5617. |
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Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
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Delivered |
New York, NY, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |