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BAXTER, George Victor - Date of
birth
30 August 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Pulaski County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-755625 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
333rd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 March 1944 - Place of
death
At the Grosser Stern
Berlin-Grunewald, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 33 | 12 |
Immediate family
-
Members
John W. Baxter (father)
Polly M.C. (Curry) Baxter (mother)
Guy R. Baxter (brother)
Earl F. Baxter (brother)
Ethel O. Baxter (sister)
John E. Baxter (brother)
Otho R. Baxter (brother)
Robert E. Baxter (brother)
Polly A. Baxter (sister)
Thelma L. "Becky" Baxter (wife)
Carolyn Baxter (daughter)
Becky J. Baxter (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31637 -
Data
Type: B-17
Nickname: Athenian Avenger
Destination: Oranienburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heinkel aviation industry
MACR: 3535
More information
2nd Lt George V. Baxter graduated from Little Rock High School and attended Little Rock Junior College. He was employed as auditor for Finance Department, Camp Robinson.His brother Robert served with the 572nd Bombardment Squadron.
He joined the Army Air Corps on 9 November 1942.
Because of cloud cover, the primary target could not be bombed and therefore the secundary target, the city of Berlin, was attacked.
The plane received two or three direct flak bursts over the target, the tail broke off at the waist and the plane shot up about 100 feet before diving straight down crashing at 1325 hrs. The entire crew was killed.
2nd Lt Baxter was initially buried at the POW Cemetery in Elsgrund-Doberitz. His remains were disinterred at the end of November, begin of December 1946 and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Phyllis Kopiasz (niece), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com