Lovell Eugene Baker jr

Military
media-15028.jpeg UPL 15028 Crew #586
Lovell E. Baker Crew
466th BG - 785th BS

Crew Roster (position in photo is not known)

Lovell Eugene Baker, Jr. - Pilot
Hollis A. Neal - Co-Pilot
Elmer L. Homburg - Navigator
John Blount - Bombardier
Ambrose Lucidi - Gunner
Charles Rieker - Gunner
Edward Tokarsky - Flight Engineer
John Norris - Gunner

This crew completed 20 combat missions before hostilities ended. 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 15028 - Crew #586 Lovell E. Baker Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Crew Roster (position in photo is not known) Lovell Eugene Baker, Jr. - Pilot Hollis A....

Retired from the USAF as a Major after also serving tours in Korea and Vietnam.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-926419
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13200245
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2015336
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33833472
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35663480
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Makin Believe
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wood, VA 24250, USA 27 February 1924

Enlisted

Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, MS 39534, USA 31 March 1943

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 2 March 1945 - 18 April 1945

Died

Montgomery, AL, USA 29 January 1993

Buried

Montgomery, AL, USA 1 February 1993 Greenwood Cemetery Montgomery Montgomery County Alabama, USA Plot: 4 Old Rugged Cross
Marion Junction, AL 36759, USA RFD 2

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"Second Air Division" - page 169

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 200

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