Leland Otis Baker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 18301 - The Harold Eye crew of the 339th Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, assigned to B-17G 42-102482; shot down enroute to Berlin/Brunswick on 08 May 1944
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin in B-17 42-102482. Shot down, crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. 8-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4575
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17128496
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17063808 / O-748387
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12132488
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Forgan, OK 73938, USA | 4 January 1920 | Son of George and Alta Baker. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 7 July 1942 | Los Angeles California |
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Died |
Wolfenbüttel, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin in B-17 42-102482. Shot down, crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. 8-May-44 KIA. MACR 4575 |
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Buried |
Wolfenbüttel, Germany | 9 May 1944 | Interred Wolfenbuttel cemetery |
| Los Angeles, California, USA | |||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4575 / MACR 4575; Snetterton Falcons, pg 134 & 145-146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database