Bruce E BAXTER | |||||||
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | T-002090 | ||||||
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| STATE | CALIFORNIA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parent: Vera G Baxter | ||||||
| RANK | Flying officer | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 668th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 416th Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | St Lô | ||||||
| DONNEE DE PLAN | Douglas A-20 Havoc - type G-30 - s/n 43-9684 5H*K Macr: 6192 Misssion: Inst ferroviaires Vitré (35) Décollage 17h27 station 170 Wethersfield, Essex UK - Abattu par la flak - Moteur gauche en feu - Décrochage et crash - Avion évacué en parachute - 19h40 Crash observé par S/Sgts Kenneth E Hornbeck, Earl R Judd Jr, John A Fejes Jr | ||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James | ||||||
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Equipage du Douglas A-20 Havoc - type G-30 | |||
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| F/O | Bruce E BAXTER | Pilot | Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James - T-002090 - , Los Angeles, California USA - unopened parachute |
| Sergeant | Harold A POTTER | Mechanic/Gunner | Escape- 22 yo - Parent: Lawrence Potter, Hastings, Michigan USA - Initially captured, then escaped in Alençon in August 44 |
| Sergeant | Reed L ERNSTROM | Gunner | Dead- 20 yo - Parent: de Carl Ernstrom, Draper, Utah USA - unopened parachute |
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9th Air Force D-Day
Order of battle Air
Commander in Chef: Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
9th Air Force: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton
| IX Tactical Air Command (Middle Wallop): Major General Elwood R. Quesada |
| 70th Fighter Wing (Ibsley airfield): Brigadier General James W. McCauley |
| 48th Fighter Group (Ibsley airfield): Colonel George L. Wertenbaker |
| 367th Fighter Group (Stoney Crass airfield): Colonel Charles M. Young |
| 371st Fighter Group (Bisterne airfield): Colonel Bingham T. Kleine |
| 474th Fighter Group (Warmwell airfield): Colonel Clinton C. Wasen |
| 71st Fighter Wing (Andover airfield): Brigadier General Ned Schramm |
| 366th Fighter Group (Thruxton airfield): Colonel Harold N. Holt |
| 368th Fighter Group (Chilbolton airfield): Colonel Gilbert L. Meyers |
| 370th Fighter Group (Andover airfield): Colonel Seth McKee |
| 84th Fighter Wing (Beaulieu airfield): Colonel Arthur G. Salisbury |
| 50th Fighter Group (Lymington airfield): Colonel William D. Greenfield |
| 365th Fighter Group (Beaulieu airfield): Colonel Ray J. Stecker |
| 404th Fighter Group (Winkton airfield): Colonel Carroll W. McColpin |
| 405th Fighter Group (Christchurch airfield): Colonel Robert L. Delashaw |
| 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (Middle Wallop airfield): Colonel George W. Peck |
| XIX Tactical Air Command (Aldermaston): Major General Otto P. Weyland |
| 100th Fighter Wing (Lashenden airfield): Brigadier General Homer L. Sanders |
| 354th Fighter Group (Lashenden airfield): Colonel George B. Bickell |
| 358th Fighter Group (High Haldon airfield): Colonel Cecil L. Wells |
| 362nd Fighter Group (Headcorn airfield): Colonel Morton D. Magoffin |
| 363rd Fighter Group (Staplehurst airfield): Colonel Jim Tipton |
| 303rd Fighter Wing (Ashford airfield): Brigadier General Burton M. Hovey, Jr |
| 36th Fighter Group (Kingsnorth airfield): Lt. Colonel Van H. Slayden |
| 373rd Fighter Group (Woodchurch airfield): Colonel William H. Schwartz |
| 406th Fighter Group (Ashford airfield): Colonel Anthony V. Grossetta |
| 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group (Chalgrobe airfield): Colonel W. B. Reed |
| IX Troop Carrier Command (Grantham): Major General Paul L. Williams |
| 50th Troop Carrier Wing (Exeter airfield): Colonel Julian M. Chappell |
| 439th Troop Carrier Group (Upottery airfield): Lt. Colonel Charles H. Young |
| 440th Troop Carrier Group (Exeter airfield): Lt. Colonel Frank X. Krebs |
| 441st Troop Carrier Group (Merryfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Theodore G. Kershaw |
| 442nd Troop Carrier Group (Weston Zoyland airfield): Lt. Colonel Charles M. Smith |
| 52nd Troop Carrier Wing (Cottesmore airfield): Brigadier General Harold L. Clark |
| 61st Troop Carrier Group (Barkston Heath airfield): Colonel Willis W. Mitchell |
| 313th Troop Carrier Group (Folkingham airfield): Colonel James J. Roberts, Jr |
| 314th Troop Carrier Group (Saltby airfield): Colonel Clayton Stiles |
| 315th Troop Carrier Group (Spanhoe airfield): Colonel Hamish McLelland |
| 316th Troop Carrier Group (Cottesmore airfield): Colonel Harvey A. Berger |
| 53rd Troop Carrier Wing (Greenham Common airfield): Colonel Maurice M. Beach |
| 434th Troop Carrier Group (Aldermaston airfield): Colonel William B. Whitacre |
| 435th Troop Carrier Group (Welford airfield): Colonel Frank J. Mac Nees |
| 436th Troop Carrier Group (Membury airfield): Lt. Colonel Adriel N. Williams |
| 437th Troop Carrier Group (Ramsbury airfield): Colonel Cedric E. Hudgens |
| 438th Troop Carrier Group (Greenham airfield): Lt. Colonel John M. Donalson |
| IX Bombardment Command (Little Walden airfield): Major General Samuel E. Anderson |
| 97th Bombardment Wing (Little Walden airfield): Brigadier General Edward N. Backus |
| 409th Bombardment Group (Little Walden airfield): Colonel Preston P. Pender |
| 410th Bombardment Group (Gosfield airfield): Colonel Ralph Rhudy |
| 416th Bombardment Group (Wethersfield airfield): Colonel Harold L. Mace |
| 98th Bombardment Wing (Earls Colne airfield): Colonel Millard Lewis |
| 323rd Bombardment Group (Earls Colne airfield): Colonel Wilson R. Wood |
| 387th Bombardment Group (Stine Cross airfield): Colonel Thomas M. Seymour |
| 394th Bombardmentr Group (Boreham airfield): Colonel Thomas B. Hall |
| 397th Bombardmentr Group (Rivenhall airfield): Colonel Richard T. Coiner, Jr |
| 99th Bombardment Wing (Great Dunmow airfield): Brigadier General Herbert B. Thatcher |
| 322nd Bombardment Group (Great Saling airfield): Colonel Glenn C. Nye |
| 344th Bombardment Group (Stansted Mountfitchet airfield): Colonel Reginald F. Vance |
| 386th Bombardment Group (Great Dunmow airfield): Colonel Joe W. Kelly |
| 391st Bombardment Group (Matching airfield): Colonel Gerard E. Williams |
| IX Engineer Command (Bray Court): Brigadier General James B. Newman Jr |
| 922nd Engineer Aviation Regiment |
| 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 818th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment: |
| 843rd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 846th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 852nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 862nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment: |
| 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 830th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 832nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 840th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 926th Engineer Aviation Regiment |
| 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 833rd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| Information Source | Americandday.org |
| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | -- |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |