Baker, Hugh Anthony Ballantine
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Hugh Anthony Ballantine |
Surname | Baker |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of The Revd. Edgar Arthur Charles Ballantine Baker, M.A., Ll.B., and of Grace Mary Baker (Nee Hemsley), of Kellitts, Jamaica, British West Indies. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | NE121 |
Markings | OF-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 201. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 116391 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Jamaica |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
On his 51st sortie |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-07-1944 |
End Date | 30-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Cahagnes |
Reason for Loss | Caught fire in the port inner engine, which quickly spread to the whole port wing. The order to bale out was given. Crashed at St. Lo in the Normandy battle zone |