Baker, Addison Earl, Lt Col

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1060-Bombardment Unit Commander

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1942-1943, AAF MOS 1060, 93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy

Service Years
1929 - 1943

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1907

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Casualty Info

Home Town Chicago, Illinois	Last Address Benghazi, Libya

Casualty Date Aug 01, 1943
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Romania	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Florence, Italy	Wall/Plot Coordinates Walls of the Missing

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Addison Earl Baker

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Baker, Addison Earl

Air Offensive, Europe Campaign (1942-44)/Operation Tidal Wave
From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year August / 1943
Description Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiesti, Romania on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the "oil campaign" to deny petroleum-based fuel to the Axis. The mission resulted in "no curtailment of overall product output", and so was deemed unsuccessful. This mission was one of the costliest for the USAAF in the European Theater, with 53 aircraft and 660 aircrewmen lost. It was the worst loss ever suffered by the USAAF on a single mission, and its date was later referred to as "Black Sunday". Five Medals of Honor and numerous Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to Operation Tidal Wave crew members.

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From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year August / 1943

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2020

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