Son of Clarence Burdett and Bertha Jane Tingley Baker. He was interred Jan 15 1949, although cemetery records say June 15 1949.
His WWII registration card gives the birth date Mar 31 1921; his PA Veterans Burial Card says Mar 30 1921.
From the Oil City Derrick, Jan 13 1949:
The body of Sgt. Henry L. Baker, of Franklin, who lost his life by drowning while on a bombing mission over the English Channel on June 14, 1944, will arrive in Franklin at 10:45 a.m. Friday and will be taken to Barron Chapel.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. B.E. Coleman, pastor of the Franklin First United Brethren Church, officiating. Military rites will be conducted by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion at the Franklin Cemetery.
Survivors include his father, Clarence Baker, and the following brothers and sisters: Edward Baker, Elizabeth Baker, Mrs. George Carey and Mrs. Gustave Benson of Oil City.
Sgt. Baker made his home during most of his life with the late Mrs. Adeline Adams (62877913), 223 Pacific St., Franklin. Details of the action in which the young flier lost his life were contained in a letter received by Mrs. Adams several weeks after his death from First Lt. James P. LaPage.
Part of the letter read:
"We were on a mission on June 14 and were hit by anti-aircraft. This forced us to leave the bomber formation since we lost two engines and couldn't keep up. We made it back to the English channel and then the plane caught fire. All of the crew bailed out safely and I thought that everything was all right. But as fate would have it, the channel was extremely rough that day and five of the crew members were drowned. I wasn't informed of the facts until four days later when they brought the chaplain to see me at the hospital. I attended the funeral of the two they picked up. It seems the only two they found were Henry (Baker) and the co-pilot. They are buried in Brookwood Cemetery south of London. It's an American cemetery and they had a full military funeral..."
His WWII registration card gives the birth date Mar 31 1921; his PA Veterans Burial Card says Mar 30 1921.
From the Oil City Derrick, Jan 13 1949:
The body of Sgt. Henry L. Baker, of Franklin, who lost his life by drowning while on a bombing mission over the English Channel on June 14, 1944, will arrive in Franklin at 10:45 a.m. Friday and will be taken to Barron Chapel.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. B.E. Coleman, pastor of the Franklin First United Brethren Church, officiating. Military rites will be conducted by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion at the Franklin Cemetery.
Survivors include his father, Clarence Baker, and the following brothers and sisters: Edward Baker, Elizabeth Baker, Mrs. George Carey and Mrs. Gustave Benson of Oil City.
Sgt. Baker made his home during most of his life with the late Mrs. Adeline Adams (62877913), 223 Pacific St., Franklin. Details of the action in which the young flier lost his life were contained in a letter received by Mrs. Adams several weeks after his death from First Lt. James P. LaPage.
Part of the letter read:
"We were on a mission on June 14 and were hit by anti-aircraft. This forced us to leave the bomber formation since we lost two engines and couldn't keep up. We made it back to the English channel and then the plane caught fire. All of the crew bailed out safely and I thought that everything was all right. But as fate would have it, the channel was extremely rough that day and five of the crew members were drowned. I wasn't informed of the facts until four days later when they brought the chaplain to see me at the hospital. I attended the funeral of the two they picked up. It seems the only two they found were Henry (Baker) and the co-pilot. They are buried in Brookwood Cemetery south of London. It's an American cemetery and they had a full military funeral..."
Son of Clarence Burdett and Bertha Jane Tingley Baker. He was interred Jan 15 1949, although cemetery records say June 15 1949.
His WWII registration card gives the birth date Mar 31 1921; his PA Veterans Burial Card says Mar 30 1921.
From the Oil City Derrick, Jan 13 1949:
The body of Sgt. Henry L. Baker, of Franklin, who lost his life by drowning while on a bombing mission over the English Channel on June 14, 1944, will arrive in Franklin at 10:45 a.m. Friday and will be taken to Barron Chapel.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. B.E. Coleman, pastor of the Franklin First United Brethren Church, officiating. Military rites will be conducted by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion at the Franklin Cemetery.
Survivors include his father, Clarence Baker, and the following brothers and sisters: Edward Baker, Elizabeth Baker, Mrs. George Carey and Mrs. Gustave Benson of Oil City.
Sgt. Baker made his home during most of his life with the late Mrs. Adeline Adams (62877913), 223 Pacific St., Franklin. Details of the action in which the young flier lost his life were contained in a letter received by Mrs. Adams several weeks after his death from First Lt. James P. LaPage.
Part of the letter read:
"We were on a mission on June 14 and were hit by anti-aircraft. This forced us to leave the bomber formation since we lost two engines and couldn't keep up. We made it back to the English channel and then the plane caught fire. All of the crew bailed out safely and I thought that everything was all right. But as fate would have it, the channel was extremely rough that day and five of the crew members were drowned. I wasn't informed of the facts until four days later when they brought the chaplain to see me at the hospital. I attended the funeral of the two they picked up. It seems the only two they found were Henry (Baker) and the co-pilot. They are buried in Brookwood Cemetery south of London. It's an American cemetery and they had a full military funeral..."
His WWII registration card gives the birth date Mar 31 1921; his PA Veterans Burial Card says Mar 30 1921.
From the Oil City Derrick, Jan 13 1949:
The body of Sgt. Henry L. Baker, of Franklin, who lost his life by drowning while on a bombing mission over the English Channel on June 14, 1944, will arrive in Franklin at 10:45 a.m. Friday and will be taken to Barron Chapel.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. B.E. Coleman, pastor of the Franklin First United Brethren Church, officiating. Military rites will be conducted by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion at the Franklin Cemetery.
Survivors include his father, Clarence Baker, and the following brothers and sisters: Edward Baker, Elizabeth Baker, Mrs. George Carey and Mrs. Gustave Benson of Oil City.
Sgt. Baker made his home during most of his life with the late Mrs. Adeline Adams (62877913), 223 Pacific St., Franklin. Details of the action in which the young flier lost his life were contained in a letter received by Mrs. Adams several weeks after his death from First Lt. James P. LaPage.
Part of the letter read:
"We were on a mission on June 14 and were hit by anti-aircraft. This forced us to leave the bomber formation since we lost two engines and couldn't keep up. We made it back to the English channel and then the plane caught fire. All of the crew bailed out safely and I thought that everything was all right. But as fate would have it, the channel was extremely rough that day and five of the crew members were drowned. I wasn't informed of the facts until four days later when they brought the chaplain to see me at the hospital. I attended the funeral of the two they picked up. It seems the only two they found were Henry (Baker) and the co-pilot. They are buried in Brookwood Cemetery south of London. It's an American cemetery and they had a full military funeral..."
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