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Lieutenant
Colonel Baker led his B-24 bomber group on an extremely
hazardous low-level attack against enemy oil refineries at
Ploesti, Rumania on August 1, 1943. Approaching the target, his
B-24 was seriously damaged and set afire. Although flying over
terrain suitable for landing, he refused to jeopardize the
mission of the group and battled his way to the target, bombing
it with devastating effect. Only then did he leave formation,
avoiding other aircraft with superb airmanship; but his valiant
attempts to gain sufficient altitude for the crew to bail out
were unavailing. Colonel Baker and his crew were killed when the
flaming aircraft crashed.
