James Anthony Baker
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service (DS) with 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Returned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin. Engine failure in P-51 44-13370 led to bale out near Steinhuder Lake, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10820.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Wayne, IN | 3 October 1923 | Son of Leon J and Martha J [Berghoff] Baker. |
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Enlisted |
Evansville, IN, USA | 28 November 1942 | Evansville, Indiana |
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Other Detached Service (DS) |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 28 July 1944 - 31 July 1944 | Detached Service (DS) with 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. |
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Other Killed in action |
Steinhuder Meer, 31515 Wunstorf, Germany | 5 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin. Engine failure in P-51 44-13370 led to bale out near Steinhuder Lake, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10820. |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 5 December 1944 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 10820;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAl_Skiff
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