Gunner Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin KIA
Entered the service from Connecticut.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: 11101530.
Awards: Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie POW
Target: Halle, Ger. Aircraft Production Plant
MACR #8183
Mission Date: 16-Aug-44
Serial Number: #42-31673
Aircraft Model B-17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Lassie Come Home"
Location: Deiderode Germany
Cause: Fighter 4KIA 5POW
Note:
91st lost 6 B-17s MIA on this mission
Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) Fighters from IV.(Sturm)/JG 3 attacked the 324th BS from the rear and Baldwin was killed on the first pass. Other crew members in the Squadron saw Baldwin's flopping in the wind after the attack. When Lassie Come Home exploded about 12,000 feet above Diederode, the ball broke loose and Baldwin and the ball turret landing in a farm field that was planted in corn. It was three days before the Germans discovered his body because the ball turret had partially buried itself in the soil and because of the growing corn hid him and the ball.
Crew of "Lassie Come Home"
2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Dale W. Whitson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Frederick Seibel Navigator KIA
T/SGT. Walter L. Carpenter Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Edmund J. Mikolaitis Radio Op. KIA
Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin Gunner KIA
S/SGT. Walter Salo Gunner POW
SGT. John F. Wallaszek Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Harlon B. Williams Gunner POW
Entered the service from Connecticut.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: 11101530.
Awards: Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie POW
Target: Halle, Ger. Aircraft Production Plant
MACR #8183
Mission Date: 16-Aug-44
Serial Number: #42-31673
Aircraft Model B-17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Lassie Come Home"
Location: Deiderode Germany
Cause: Fighter 4KIA 5POW
Note:
91st lost 6 B-17s MIA on this mission
Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) Fighters from IV.(Sturm)/JG 3 attacked the 324th BS from the rear and Baldwin was killed on the first pass. Other crew members in the Squadron saw Baldwin's flopping in the wind after the attack. When Lassie Come Home exploded about 12,000 feet above Diederode, the ball broke loose and Baldwin and the ball turret landing in a farm field that was planted in corn. It was three days before the Germans discovered his body because the ball turret had partially buried itself in the soil and because of the growing corn hid him and the ball.
Crew of "Lassie Come Home"
2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Dale W. Whitson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Frederick Seibel Navigator KIA
T/SGT. Walter L. Carpenter Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Edmund J. Mikolaitis Radio Op. KIA
Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin Gunner KIA
S/SGT. Walter Salo Gunner POW
SGT. John F. Wallaszek Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Harlon B. Williams Gunner POW
Gunner Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin KIA
Entered the service from Connecticut.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: 11101530.
Awards: Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie POW
Target: Halle, Ger. Aircraft Production Plant
MACR #8183
Mission Date: 16-Aug-44
Serial Number: #42-31673
Aircraft Model B-17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Lassie Come Home"
Location: Deiderode Germany
Cause: Fighter 4KIA 5POW
Note:
91st lost 6 B-17s MIA on this mission
Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) Fighters from IV.(Sturm)/JG 3 attacked the 324th BS from the rear and Baldwin was killed on the first pass. Other crew members in the Squadron saw Baldwin's flopping in the wind after the attack. When Lassie Come Home exploded about 12,000 feet above Diederode, the ball broke loose and Baldwin and the ball turret landing in a farm field that was planted in corn. It was three days before the Germans discovered his body because the ball turret had partially buried itself in the soil and because of the growing corn hid him and the ball.
Crew of "Lassie Come Home"
2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Dale W. Whitson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Frederick Seibel Navigator KIA
T/SGT. Walter L. Carpenter Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Edmund J. Mikolaitis Radio Op. KIA
Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin Gunner KIA
S/SGT. Walter Salo Gunner POW
SGT. John F. Wallaszek Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Harlon B. Williams Gunner POW
Entered the service from Connecticut.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: 11101530.
Awards: Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie POW
Target: Halle, Ger. Aircraft Production Plant
MACR #8183
Mission Date: 16-Aug-44
Serial Number: #42-31673
Aircraft Model B-17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Lassie Come Home"
Location: Deiderode Germany
Cause: Fighter 4KIA 5POW
Note:
91st lost 6 B-17s MIA on this mission
Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) Fighters from IV.(Sturm)/JG 3 attacked the 324th BS from the rear and Baldwin was killed on the first pass. Other crew members in the Squadron saw Baldwin's flopping in the wind after the attack. When Lassie Come Home exploded about 12,000 feet above Diederode, the ball broke loose and Baldwin and the ball turret landing in a farm field that was planted in corn. It was three days before the Germans discovered his body because the ball turret had partially buried itself in the soil and because of the growing corn hid him and the ball.
Crew of "Lassie Come Home"
2nd/Lt. Leonard F. Figie Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Dale W. Whitson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Frederick Seibel Navigator KIA
T/SGT. Walter L. Carpenter Engineer POW
S/Sgt. Edmund J. Mikolaitis Radio Op. KIA
Sgt. Frederick D. Baldwin Gunner KIA
S/SGT. Walter Salo Gunner POW
SGT. John F. Wallaszek Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Harlon B. Williams Gunner POW
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