Baker

Loss Of B-24J #42-73309 'Trouble Maker'(v1) And Crew This crew was lost on a 'routine' flight from Lingling Airbase (in Hunan province) for a short flight to a base at Guilin (in adjacent Guangxi province) on the late afternoon of 28 May 1944, departing during weather conditions 'overcast with thunderstorms'. The report lists the cause of the loss as 'unknown'...

A Curtiss P-40 is being serviced by Sgts. Bloom, Dull, Yaranow, and Baker, while a Chinese soldier stands guard. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Ival Baker shows souvenir captured Japanese flag, while his bodyguard watches on. During WWII, in China. Photo from Ival Baker.

Gas detail, Yangkai 1945. Unknown, Peterson, Brillhart, unknown, Bertani, unknown, Alelunas, Schumaier,Baker, Big Chris, Myers, Kealy, Desmond, Hill, Keiser, Aspinwall, Hammett,Carter, Puloski.

Gas detail, Yangkai, 1945 Puloski, Baker, Christensen, Hill, Carter, Hammett, Aspinwall, Desmond, Kealy, Myers, unknown, Peterson, unknown, Brillhart, Bertani, Alelunas, Schumaier.

Gas detail at Yangkai, 1945 Grady Dawkins, Chuck Alelunas, Meyers, Baker, Big Chris, Kealy, Schumaier,Desmond, Hill, Keiser, Aspinwall, Puloski, Hammett, Carter.