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Paul Francis BAUM
“Butch”
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Paul F. Baum. 8th Air Corps. 1943. Coll. of Stephen Altic.
Source : Stephen Altic
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-685420 (15130909) | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 27 September 1916 Sandusky, Erie County, OHIO | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | OHIO | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Married Parents : George C. & Helen E. Kromer BAUM Siblings : John G. & Helen Viola Baum Shufelt | ||||||
| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Bomber | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Skilled occupations in production of paint and varnish |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 7 July 1942 Cleveland OHIO | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 66th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 44th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 27 March 1944 |
Source : Andy | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH |
Off Tarnos (40) (Les roches Dupré) 4 km from the coast | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-24 Liberator - type J-105-CO - s/n 42-109836
Macr: 3590 | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Mont de Marsan | ||||||
| then to the PROVISORY CEMETERY of LUYNES N°3551 (Aix en Provence) | |||||||
| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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The crew of Glenn Folsom at Shipdham air base in England, 1944. Paul Baum is 2nd from the right, bottom row. Collection of Stephen Altic Source : Stephen Altic |
Taken 1934. Sandusky HS Football Team. Coll. of Stephen Altic Source : Stephen Altic | ||||||
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Paul Baum grew up in Sandusky, Ohio. He played football for Sandusky High where he graduated in 1935 and was a locally admired baseball player on his team at US Gypsum where he worked before the war. Paul trained as a bombardier in 1943 and was stationed at the American air base at Shipdham, England. His 9th and final mission was over southwestern France. After successfully destroying the target at a German airdrome at Mont-de-Marsan, Lt. Baum's aircraft was struck by artillery fire and broke apart just off the coast of France. |
Paul F. Baum as graduate of Army Air Corps bombardier school in 1943 at Midland, Texas. Col. of Stephen Altic. Source : Stephen Altic | ||||||
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One of the crew who survived related Lt. Baum's fate after the aircraft hit the water and broke in two: "...bombardier Paul Baum was out of the nose section and swimming near me, but he soon sank and I never saw him again. The Germans picked up his body the next day, and I was told that he had bullet holes in him--seven of them..." The Germans returned his body through the Red Cross. His widow Verone decided to inter Lt. Baum at an American Cemetery in France. Lt. Baum was a bombardier in the 8th Army Air Corps, 44th Bombardment Group, 66th Bombardment Squadron. For his temporary grave in Mont-de-Marsan please see FAG # 117630104 | |||||||
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He and his crew have been honored by a memorial plaque and ceremony in the seaside town of Capbreton near where his plane crashed in the ocean. Source : Aerosteles.net Aérostèles / Pierre Pécastaingts |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com |
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| PROGRAMMER | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |