Baker, Edward Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward Gordon |
Surname | Baker |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Date of Death | 26-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Frances Mary Baker, of Crayford, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | DS663 |
Markings | KO-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot L. Row C. Coll. grave 2-6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1177976 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Squadron Motto | Despite the elements |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-06-1943 |
End Date | 26-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (38% moon) |
Operation | Mining off Lorient, France |