Robert Kingsley Baker
Military
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UPL 44455
Robert Kinglsey Baker
Pilot
451st BG - 725th BS - 15th AF
Shot Down/WIA 13 October 944
Pilot
451st BG - 725th BS - 15th AF
Shot Down/WIA 13 October 944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 725th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Des Moines, IA | 4 June 1919 | |
Other Shot Down/WIA/Captured |
near Vienna, Austria | 13 October 1944 | On October 13, 1944, he was pilot of B-24J (S/N: 42-51764 with a crew of 10 on a mission to Vienna, Austria. Upon reaching the target, his plane was hit by flak and 2 engines burst into flame. He and some of the crew were able to bail out before the plane exploded (MACR #9047). He became a Prisoner Of War in Luft-Stalag 1. He was badly burned while escaping from his aircraft, and was taken to a German military hospital after his capture. He always spoke highly of the treatment he received there, particularly by the German doctor who treated him |
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 20 October 1944 | Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Chicago, IL | 3 September 1972 | |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Des Moines, IA | 7 September 1972 | Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Plot Section: Good Shepherd Lot: 97 Grave: 3 |