Lester S Baker

Military

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42100360 'Luck & Stuff. ' Baker fell into enemy hands in the Eischott district. POW.



POW, Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart Good Conduct Medal, EAME medal,WW II Victory Medal

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100360) nicknamed "Luck and Stuff" flies in formation with other Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group during a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '52067 USAF- ACHTUNG- SOUNDS AS THESE CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATORS of the Eighth AF fly a tight formation on their way to bomb another vital target deep in the heart of Nazi Germany. Their target on this occasion was Gotha, Germany ME-110 aircraft assembly plant, and components factory. 448th Bomb Group [sic] US Air Force Photo.'

42-100360

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Luck and Stuff
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Taunton, Massachusetts 3 July 1924

Died

3 September 2003

Buried

Lakenham Cemetery, Carver, Massachusetts

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4485 / MACR 4485/ wife Virginia Baker; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 92-93 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database