Lovell Eugene Baker jr
Military
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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
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
Retired from the USAF as a Major after also serving tours in Korea and Vietnam.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Date: 4 March 1945
Places
- 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 |
Revisions
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Sources
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