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- Collection: Baker, William Benjamin
Drawing - aircrew climbing on wing to put out fire
Tags: arts and crafts; Me 109; Wellington
"J" Johnnie Lancaster
Bottom - Notes with list of operations.
Tags: bombing; gremlin; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; nose art
Airman
Tags: aircrew
William Baker
Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Newspaper cutting - Lancaster riddled won home
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
First tour crew
Combat report
William Baker recommendation for award of Distinguished Flying Cross
Combat report
William Baker commissioning scroll
Legend
Crew photograph and list of operations
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; wireless operator
W B Baker’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; forced landing; killed in action; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wickenby; training; Whitley
Squadron photograph
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Squadron photograph airmen and aircraft
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Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Seven aircrew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; observer; pilot; wireless operator
Lancaster KO-J and operation against Skoda Works
Bottom right -…
Tags: 115 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Poems
Aircraft
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight,…