Robert L Baker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
MACR Page 3 UPL 73399 UPL 73399 MACR Page 3 for Lt. Robert L Baker

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Object Number - UPL 73399 - MACR Page 3 for Lt. Robert L Baker

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bombing mission to Evreaux area in P-47 42-76547, last seen strafing trucks in the Beaumont Le Roger area. Shot down 10-Jun-44. Pilot Lt Robert L Baker Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5617.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Squint
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron

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Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

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Born

26 March 1922

Enlisted

12 March 1942

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Killed in Action (KIA)

10 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bombing mission to Evreaux area in P-47 42-76547, last seen strafing trucks in the Beaumont Le Roger area. Shot down 10-Jun-44. Pilot Lt Robert L Baker Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5617.

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Buried/ Commemorated

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France

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ABMC, MACR 5617 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5617 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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