Baker, Charles Richard Henry
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Charles Richard Henry |
Surname | Baker |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | HX329 |
Markings | NP-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. C. 13. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 125 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 55889 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant. Part of a 412 aircraft attack on three oil plants- Dortmund, Scholven-Buer and Wanne-Eickel. The Dortmund raid was a particularly successful one but smoke screens prevented observation of the other two. 7 losses in all. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and exploded, throwing clear the navigator, Belgian born P/O A O Leleu |