Finous R Baker

Military

During ferry mission on 5 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29277 'Dear Mom' landed at Villacisneros, Spanish Morocco. Crew and a/c were Interned (INT).



Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-94946 "The Cat's Ass", Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-94946

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Cat's Ass
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Interned (INT)

Spanish Morocco 5 February 1944

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 27 May 1944

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Changed the location of the "Interned" event to "Switzerland” per info in the "Summary biography".
Added an "Interned (INT)" event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5388 / MACR 5388, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Force & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database