Baker, Arnold William (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-September-22

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Woolfox Lodge

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Rear Gunner

Service Numbers

R/112703
PoW: 250706

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapHanover Germany

Took off from Downham Market at 19:00 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code: HA-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Germany.

Struck by bombs from aircraft above and broke up over Lauenau 7 km SW of Barsinghausen.

Killed: Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle RCAF J/27315 KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 5. Sergeant Harold James Hicks RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 4. Flight Sergeant George Mccowan King RCAF R/142247 KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 2. Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer RCAF R/122306 pilot KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 1. Warrant Officer Class 2 Douglas Mckay Wylie RCAF R/129010 KIAHanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 3.

POWs includes Baker: Sergeant William George Morement RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling EF139

Sergeant Arnold William Baker RCAF

Sergeant Baker, Arnold William (RCAF)
Rear Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-September-22
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle RCAF

Pilot Officer Eberle, Raymond Frederick (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Flight Sergeant George McGowan King RCAF

Flight Sergeant King, George McGowan (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer RCAF

Flight Sergeant Spencer, Norman Vincent (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Warrant Officer 2 Douglas McKay Wylie RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Wylie, Douglas McKay (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany