Francis X Baker

Military
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front UPL 65484 UPL 65484 Gaulke Crew 602, 856th BS, 492nd BG
Back row, left to right: Andrew Fry, engineer; Francis Baker, top turret gunner; Vernie Honberger, radio operator; Leon Sawyer, tail gunner; George Worthington, left waist gunner. Front row, left to right; John Murdock, bombardier; Frederick Gaulke, pilot; Charles Easton, co-pilot; Robert Keehn, navigator. Not pictured: Warren Branch, right waist gunner

Photo from the collection of Robin Janton.  http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=showCrewPage&c…

492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 350 355 358 364 367 370 373 376 379 44-40134 44-40227 44-40146 42-95011 North Pickenham Frederick D Gaulke Charles R Easton Robert I Keehn John G Murdock Vernie O Honberger Leon J Sawyer Warren G Branch Andrew J Fry Francis X Baker On

Object Number - UPL 65484 - Gaulke Crew 602, 856th BS, 492nd BG Back row, left to right: Andrew Fry, engineer; Francis Baker, top turret gunner; Vernie Honberger, radio...

Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95011. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front

42-95011

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

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Interned (INT)

Sweden 29 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5220 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Francis X Baker: Gallery (2 items)

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front

Object number: UPL 65484 - Gaulke Crew 602, 856th BS, 492nd BG Back row, left...

Air Force bomber plane parked on grass surrounded by ten super-imposed small photographs of the heads of then men

Object number: UPL 65498 - Gaulke Crew, 856th BS, 492nd BG. While interned at...