Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 17 Jan 1945
John G. Baker.
Radio Operator · 328th Squadron · Of OR.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Radio Operator of B-24H 42-51078. Listed as MIA on both the original MACR and subsequent supplement; no RTD annotation appears for Baker.
A serial number discrepancy was noted between the MACR (34337528) and the Battle Casualty Report (39337528). ETOUSA issued a clarification request on 16 February 1945. The MACR serial number 34337528 is used here as the primary record.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Radio Operator
Serial Number
34337528
Hometown
OR
Missions flown.
4 catalogued · 17 Jan 1945 — 25 Feb 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
D 18 7
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record