Byard F Baker

Military

On 28 January 1945, enroute to bomb Dortmund coke plant, plane was hit in bombay area by flak burst. Plane crashed near Essen. Cpt. Baker became a Prisoner of War (POW).



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95598

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 28 January 1945

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 12010 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC/MACR 12010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted's Traveling Circus & MACR 12010 / Ted's Traveling Circus p. 446 & MACR 12010