Baker, Victor Charles Rudkin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Victor Charles Rudkin |
Surname | Baker |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-03-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Frederick Rudkin Baker and Ada Elsie Baker, of Dartford, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3604 |
Markings | KO-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Warnsveld (Wichmond) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot E. Coll. grave 2-3. |
Epitaph | THE CALL WAS SHORT THE SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1285545 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
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 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12956 (P367207/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-03-1942 |
End Date | 27-03-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Came down 14km NE of Arnhem |