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St Martin Hereford

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Ft Sgt C. P. Baker, Flight Engineer

Killed in action May 30th 1943, Aged 18 years

Interred at Charleroi Cemetery Belgium

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St Martin Hereford

Herefordshire

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Charles Patrick

Baker

1924

Hereford, Herefordshire

30th May 1943

Shot down in Halifax bomber JB805 near Peronnes-les-Binches, Belgium by a German nightfighter - all crew lost, Charles was flying its first operational flight

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Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

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Second World War

Sergeant (Flight Engineer)

419 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force

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