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Capt Robert Oris Baber

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Capt Robert Oris Baber

Birth
Mentor, Saline County, Kansas, USA
Death
2 Aug 1944 (aged 28)
Airan, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Blk 20, Lot 06, Space 15
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Pilot of the B-17G 'I'll Get By' shot down at Airan France on 2 Aug 44 on his 28th combat mission. He was KIA along with 6 other members of the crew.

Served in 412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Force (412 BS, 95 BG, 8 AF, USAAF)

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Logan County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
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"I'll Get By"
B-17G-55-BO Flying Fortress
s/n 42-102700
412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Shot down on August 2,1944, all but three crewmembers were killed. Plane was hit in the wing by flak, knocking off the wing tip. The plane veered to left and caught fire, then exploded. They were flying as deputy lead crew for this mission.

Crew on last mission:
Capt. Elmer E. Bockman - command pilot (KIA)
Capt. Robert O. Baber - pilot (KIA)
1stLt. Jasper W. Kaylor - copilot (KIA)
1stLt. Raymond D. Dallas - navigator (KIA)
1stLt. Frank T. Sohn - bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Oscar C. Walrod - engineer/top turret gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Robert V. Hill - radio operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Donald W. Phillips - ball turret gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Barney Lipkin - waist gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Walter J. Collyer,Jr. - tail gunner (POW)
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PARENTS:
Lawrence Oris Baber
birth: 20 February 1876
Richmond,Ray,MO
death: 28 July 1956
Dodge City,Ford,KS

Sophia Gilla Fitch
birth: 17 May 1875
Richmond,Ray,MO
death: 4 March 1957
Dodge City,Ford,KS
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GRANDPARENTS:
Thomas Baber
birth: 31 January 1848
death: 4 August 1896
Matilda Elizabeth Brown
birth: 24 July 1852
death:
*******
William H. Fitch
birth: 1849
death:
Achsah Lee
birth: 1853
death:
Pilot of the B-17G 'I'll Get By' shot down at Airan France on 2 Aug 44 on his 28th combat mission. He was KIA along with 6 other members of the crew.

Served in 412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Force (412 BS, 95 BG, 8 AF, USAAF)

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Logan County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
*******
"I'll Get By"
B-17G-55-BO Flying Fortress
s/n 42-102700
412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Shot down on August 2,1944, all but three crewmembers were killed. Plane was hit in the wing by flak, knocking off the wing tip. The plane veered to left and caught fire, then exploded. They were flying as deputy lead crew for this mission.

Crew on last mission:
Capt. Elmer E. Bockman - command pilot (KIA)
Capt. Robert O. Baber - pilot (KIA)
1stLt. Jasper W. Kaylor - copilot (KIA)
1stLt. Raymond D. Dallas - navigator (KIA)
1stLt. Frank T. Sohn - bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Oscar C. Walrod - engineer/top turret gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Robert V. Hill - radio operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Donald W. Phillips - ball turret gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Barney Lipkin - waist gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Walter J. Collyer,Jr. - tail gunner (POW)
*******
PARENTS:
Lawrence Oris Baber
birth: 20 February 1876
Richmond,Ray,MO
death: 28 July 1956
Dodge City,Ford,KS

Sophia Gilla Fitch
birth: 17 May 1875
Richmond,Ray,MO
death: 4 March 1957
Dodge City,Ford,KS
***
GRANDPARENTS:
Thomas Baber
birth: 31 January 1848
death: 4 August 1896
Matilda Elizabeth Brown
birth: 24 July 1852
death:
*******
William H. Fitch
birth: 1849
death:
Achsah Lee
birth: 1853
death:

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Son of L.O. & Gillas Baber
Born Mentor, Kansas, October 18, 1915
Served in 8th Army Air Corps and
Made Supreme Sacrifice in Caen, France

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