Robert Kingsley Baker

Military
media-44455.jpeg UPL 44455 Robert Kinglsey Baker
Pilot
451st BG - 725th BS - 15th AF
Shot Down/WIA 13 October 944

Object Number - UPL 44455 - Robert Kinglsey Baker Pilot 451st BG - 725th BS - 15th AF Shot Down/WIA 13 October 944

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-450443) of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force releases bombs during a mission.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 451st Bomb Group 725th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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