John Edmond Bakalar

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19661.jpeg UPL 19661 This photograph was taken a few days before his fatal crash, most likely in the same P-51D that failed him on take-off.

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Object Number - UPL 19661 - This photograph was taken a few days before his fatal crash, most likely in the same P-51D that failed him on take-off.

Namesake of Bakalar Air force Base

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  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Gael Point-Clos

Events

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Born

Hammond, Indiana 29 January 1920

Other

354th FG Combat Tour

5 June 1944 - 1 September 1944

Died

Gael, France 1 September 1944 KIA on 1 Sep 1944 when the engine of his P-51D-5, A/C #44-13895 failed after becoming airborne on take-off on an operation mission from Gael Airfield, France. The Mustang impacted a grove of pine trees off of the end of the runway. It was determined that a faulty casting of the first stage supercharger allowed coolant to seep past the seals into the induction manifold and flooded three cylinders and fowled all of the spark plugs.

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Plot Plot P, Row 4, Grave 3

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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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