Arthur Rector Baker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60803 - Sgt Arthur R. Baker
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C damaged, machine gun fire from B-17 20 May 1944 in B-17 42-97176. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cook, Nebraska | 19 April 1914 | Born Cook, Nebraska |
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Enlisted |
Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio | 26 March 1943 | Enlisted Camp Perry Lacarne Ohio |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 20 May 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Lost in English Channel |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire, England | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
