Windsor, Ontario
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.
Bake, Charles Edward (Warrant Officer 2)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-10
Birth Date: 1922-December-15
Born: Walkerville Ontario
Parents: Son of Charles Edward and Florence Bake, of Windsor Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
45 Group (RAF)
Base
RAF Nassau, Bahamas
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/109772
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Baltimore serial: FA137
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.
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023
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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