Bake, Charles Edward

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-07-10

Birth Date: 1922-December-15

Born: Walkerville Ontario

Son of Charles Edward and Florence Bake, of Windsor Ontario.

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

45 Group (RAF)

Base

RAF Nassau, Bahamas

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/109772

45 Group (Ferry Flight) Warrant Officer C E Bake (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant R Alderton (RAF) were both killed during a ferry operation when Baltimore Mk IIIa FA-137 crashed at Piarco, Trinidad, on the first leg to Brazil.The navigator, not identified in the record, survived the crash.

Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia

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