Baker Wayne Wesley

Name:

Wayne Wesley Baker

Rank:

Master Sergeant

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Unit:

32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group (H)

Date of Death:

1949-01-17

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Peter's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, PA

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Wayne Wesley Baker was born on July 11, 1910. He was the son of Ezekiah W Baker and Mary E Crispen Baker.

Wayne served as a Master Sergeant in the 32nd Bomb Squadron and was a passenger aboard the B-29A #44-62276 at the time of his death. On January 17, 1949, the aircraft was performing a flight from RAF Scampton (Lincolnshire) to Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB) in Salina, Kansas, with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While flying over Scotland at an altitude of 8,500 feet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and requested ATC the permission to climb to 14,400 feet. Shortly later, at a speed of 500 km/h, the four-engine aircraft hit the slope of the Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn mountain located two miles northwest of Lochgoilhead. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and a post-crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed.

MSgt Baker is now buried in the Peter's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nectarine, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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