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BAKER, Wyman Adelore - Date of
birth
30 September 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York -
Hometown
Riverbank, Stanislaus County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-821833 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
63rd Fighter Squadron,
56th Fighter Group
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 December 1944 - Place of
death
Dorf-Güll, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 25 | 21 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Lloyd N. Baker (father)
Marie J. (Lombard) Baker (mother)
Laura M. Baker (sister)
Lorraine L. Baker (sister)
Stewart H. Baker (brother)
James H. Baker (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-28741 -
Data
Type: P-47D
Mission: Fighter sweep
MACR: 10799
More information
Wyman Baker attended college.He volunteered for the Army of the United States in San Francisco, California, on 3 March 1942.
The mission was a fighter sweep ahead of a bomber formation with destinations of Cologne and Frankfurt.
2nd Lt Wyman A. Baker was killed in a mid-air collision with Capt Eugene E. Barnum.
According to the statement of 1st Lt John T. Allen, who flew in the same mission, an ME 109 was sighted at 2 o'clock of their formation. Capt Barnum was positioning himself for a deflection shot at the enemy aircraft from the right, when another plane, believed to be the P-47 of Lt Baker, slipped in and down on Capt Barnum from the right. There was a big explosion, and no parachutes were observed.
Both men were initially buried at the cemetery of Dorf-Güll, Germany.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, National WWII Memorial, Footnote
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.56thfightergroup.co.uk, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-J, Stamford AFS, Texas