Baker, Valentine
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Valentine |
Surname | Baker |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Stuart and Hilda Baker, of Harwell, Berkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED939 |
Markings | OF-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. B. 2. |
Epitaph | SPLENDID YOU PASSED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 149084 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Matthew's Church, Harwell, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | A clock in the tower of St. Matthew's Church, Harwell, in memory of Plt Off Valentine Baker and his crew who were lost in action on the night of 10/11th August 1943 |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-08-1943 |
End Date | 11-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (70% moon) |
Operation | Nuremberg. 653 aircraft, 16 losses (2.5%). Ground marking was used even though there was cloud cover. Serious damage to both residential and industrial buildings and 577 deaths. |
Reason for Loss |