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416th Bombardment Group (L) F/O. Bruce Edward Baxter Pilot, T-002090 Killed In Action - Jun 29, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) F/O. Bruce Edward Baxter Pilot, T-002090 Killed In Action - Jun 29, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 11-Feb-1922, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Entered Military Service: From: Los Angeles County, California Buried: Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France, Plot J Row 5 Grave 18 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave |
See also F/O Bruce Edward Baxter Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC)
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On 29 June 1944, Flight Officer Bruce Baxter, with gunners Ssgt Reed L. Enstrom and Ssgt Harold A. Potter, was assigned to a low level mission against St. Hillaire-Vitre railroad junnction in the east of Brittany, France. Their A-20G aircraft received a direct hit by flak over the target and went down in flames. No chutes were seen, but Ssgt Potter did survive and was captured - escaping and returning to his unit. F/O Baxter and Ssgt Enstrom were Killed in Action. This was F/O Baxter's first and last mission.
See also MACR 6192 and Mission # 87
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
