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Baker, Leonard Thomas

Date of birth:
February 4th, 1918
Date of death:
June 7th, 1942
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Nes
Plot: D. Row: 15. Grave: 8.
Service number:
655271
Nationality:
British

Biography

Leonard Thomas Baker was the Co-Pilot on board the Vickers Wellington X3279 JN-M from No. 150 Squadron, when this plane was shot down by Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker from 6. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2. The bomber crashed in the Waddensea, East of Ameland. All crewmembers, besides Baker, Observer Kenneth Stoddart Preston (1913-1942), Pilot Flying officer Malcolm James Larke Blunt (1915-1942), Gunner Sergeant Gwilym Thomas Edwards, Gunner Sergeant William Jackson (1919-1942) and Gunner Sergeant Stanley James Morgan(-1942), were all killed.

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