Maurice Frank Baker

Military
media-5630.jpeg UPL 5630 Maurice Baker

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Object Number - UPL 5630 - Maurice Baker

Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x victory on 12-May-44. ETD.





Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-6634

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Nooky Booky
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

43-6824

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Parker 51
  • Unit: 362nd Fighter Squadron

44-13517

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sebastian Jr
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Iowa, USA 8 September 1919

Enlisted

Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, IA 50315, USA 23 January 1942 Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Other

Baled out

Bay St, San Francisco, CA, USA 24 November 1942 Baled Out due to Engine Failure San Francisco Bay, CA Cat 5 damage Lt Maurice F Baker, 24-Nov-42. P-39D 41-28299 - 327FS 328FG

Other

Crashed

Leiston IP16, UK 25 April 1944 Taxiing Accident Leiston/Sta 373 Cat 3 damage Lt Maurice F Baker, 25-Apr-44. 362FS 357FG 8AF

Other

E/A Destroyed

12 May 1944 E/A destroyed 12-May-44.

Other

Crashed

Modena, Province of Modena, Italy 12 August 1944 Take Off Accident Madna, Italy Cat 3 damage 1st Lt Maurice F Baker, 12-Aug-44. 362FS 357FG 8AF

Died

Polk County, FL, USA 12 January 1981

Buried

Lakeside Memorial Park Winter Haven Polk County FL 15 January 1981 Lakeside Memorial Park Winter Haven Polk County Florida, USA.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Italy

Other

Promotion

Leiston IP16, UK Promoted to Captain.

Based

Leiston Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.
Parker, SD 57053, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70763831/maurice-frank-baker

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ContributorBake
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Sources

From his daughter, this is not Capt. Maurice F Baker. The second and third pictures associated with this picture are, however.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/page/84583877_maurice_f%20baker/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baker&GSfn=Mauric…;

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / The 357th Over Europe

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