{"id":223,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2020-10-01T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T07:14:48","slug":"baker-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/baker-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker, David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Navigator, 576 Squadron
Service number 152761
Died 25 September 1944
Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Age 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Headstone Inscription
‘FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David was the son of Alfred and Rose Baker of Stoke Newington, London. No further records can be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lancaster PD235 took off from RAF Elsham Wolds on a day raid to Calais. The aircraft was shot down by flak gunners and crashed near the surrounded port of Calais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crew were:
Pilot, F\/L Edward Bennett, age 22, buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Sgt K D Playfoot, – Evaded
Air Bomber, F\/O Francis Peter Walker RAFVR, age 26, buried Calais Canadian War Cemetery Leubringhen, France.
Nav, F\/O David Baker, age 21, buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
W\/Op, Sgt Donald William George Purse, age 20, buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Air Gunner, Sgt Vivian Graham Price, age 19, buried Calais Canadian War Cemetery Leubringhen, France.
Air Gunner, F\/O Jack Purcell Manser, age 37, buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n