John R Baker Jr

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed S of Abbeville, FR on a mission to Chartres A/D, FR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-37932 'Ole Basser' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37932

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 2 March 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

Little Rock, Arkansas

Revisions

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Added a connection to A/C #42-37932 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2886, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces