Ralph E Baird Jr

Military

Shot down by ME109s and exploded and crashed near Dorsten, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3087. 'Clean Cut'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3087

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Clean Cut
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2466, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…