Carl O Baer
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot, Baer crew, 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Forced to ditch in the North Sea on mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30029 'Chap's Flying Circus'. MACR 2495. Lt Baer radioed that they were running out of fuel and may not make it back to base. The crew was reported to be in dinghies in the North Sea. His body washed ashore on 4 February 1944 near great Yarmouth. Killed in Action (KIA). Originally buried in the Cambridge AMC.
Glen Ellyn, IL
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16099614
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
15 September 1943 - 30 January 1944 | ||
Other Killed in Action |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 | |
Born |
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA | ||
Buried |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2495, 8th AF Losses,
href="www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx">www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database