Paul Francis BAUM

 

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Paul F. Baum. 8th Air Corps. 1943. Coll. of Stephen Altic.
Source : Stephen Altic

 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-685420 (15130909)
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH27 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

RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONBomber
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSkilled occupations in production of paint and varnish  NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT7 July 1942 Cleveland OHIO
 SQUADRON66th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP44th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH27 March 1944

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Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
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

B 24 Liberator

Macr: 3590
Mission: Mont-de-Marsan Aerodrome (40)
Take off station 115 Shipdham, Norfolk UK
Shot down by flak around 3:00 p.m.
Hit in the wing, engine n°4 on fire.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Mont de Marsan 

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

then to the PROVISORY CEMETERY of LUYNES N°3551  (Aix en Provence)
CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
C918
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Badge Officier Bombardier

 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

usaf  8air force  44bg 66bs
STORY

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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

   

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Taken 1934. Sandusky HS Football Team. Coll. of Stephen Altic

Source : Stephen Altic

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. 

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Paul F. Baum as graduate of Army Air Corps bombardier school in 1943 at Midland, Texas. Col. of Stephen Altic.

Source : Stephen Altic

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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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type J-105-CO - s/n 42-109836

 

1Lt Richard E HARLEMAN Pilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge O-799767 - AM+1/PH - Pennsylvania 
1Lt Melvin J JOHNSON CoPilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-749695 - AM+1/PH - Utah
1Lt William E COBANE Navigator Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-735857 - AM+2/PH - Michigan
2Lt Paul F BAUM Bomber Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan   
O-685420 - AM/PH - Ohio
S/Sgt Fred D Jr WOOD Mechanic Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 13119193 - AM/PH - Virginia
S/Sgt Donald A LAWYER Radio Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 33244873 - AM/PH - Pennsylvania
S/Sgt Lee H FIELDS Gunner Prisoner   19180515 - California  - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia
S/Sgt James J CRANE Gunner Prisoner   12074922 - New York  - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
Sgt Joseph G BENOIT Gunner Prisoner   18171590 - Louisiana  - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
Sgt John J PETRICEVICH Gunner Prisoner   12085309 - New York  - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
B 24 Liberator

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com
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