Baker, Eli (Flt. Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1944-05-25

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

405 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron
Ducimus We Lead

Base

RAF Gransden Lodge

Rank

Flt. Lieutenant

Position

Flt. Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/14781
PoW: 6384

Took off from Gansden Lodge at 00:24 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code LQ-M Bomber Command) on a raid against the Westbahnhof railway station at Aachen Germany.

Home-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hilvarenbeek Noord-Brabant Holland.

Killed:Squadron Leader Gordon Bennett RCAF J/15248 pilot KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery grave 11. E. 3. Holland.

POWs includes Baker:Pilot Officer Frederick Charles Davies RCAF J/85093 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.Flight Sergeant John Ieuan Rees RAF POW camp not listed.Flight Sergeant Alma Rodgers RAF POW camp not listed.Flying Officer Stanley Alan Walker RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

Evader:Warrant Officer Class 2 J H Frame RCAF R/167560 evader.

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Lancaster Mk.III ND526

Bombing Aachen Germany 1944-May-25 to 1944-May-25

405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge

405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster III aircraft ND526 LQ-M shot down over Holland at Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant during an attack against Aachen, Germany by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Henseler of the 1/NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield. (aviation-safety.net) Squadron Leader G Bennett DSO DFC (RCAF) killed but his crew survived. Flight Lieutenant E Baker (RCAF), Pilot Officer FC Davies (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 WV Joel RCAF), Flight Sergeant JI Rees (RAF), Flying Officer SA Walker (RAF) and FS A Rodgers (RAF) were taken Prisoner of War. Warrant Officer Class 2 JH Frame (RCAF) evaded

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