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Military
Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant First Class | Ball Turret Gunner | 34th Bomb Group
Sgt. Clyde "Bus" E. Bible enlisted into the United Army Air Force April 1944. He completed his basic training at Camp Shelby Mississippi .Then was sent to Flex Gunnery School , Kingman Az.Graduated Nov.1944 as an expert Marksmen receiving 2 stripes for...
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
After forming part of the American defence force, first on America's east coast and then on its west, the Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.
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| Born | Dutchess County, NY | 4 January 1915 |
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Son of John Thomas and Alma Marie [Filler] Baker. |
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| Enlisted | New York City, NY | 17 March 1942 |
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New York City New York |
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| Based | Mendlesham | 1944 – 1945 |
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Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 5 September 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | 1 October 1990 | |
| Buried | Saint Peters Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, NY | 3 October 1990 |
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Saint Peters Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 November 2019 09:52:57 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83536759-john-p-baker |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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