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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
Second World War
Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
419 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force
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