Ernest George Baker                   Updated:  05 JAN 2012

Airman: a050001.htm Surname: Baker Init: E G Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 18

P_link: p029.htm Plane: BLE L8864 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Off Thyborøn

Crash_d: d250541 Buried_d: b210641 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

Den 25. maj 1941 styrtede BLE L8864 i havet ud for Thyborøn. (Omkring her ved Høfde 49.
Kilde: AOD)
2 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer, Sgt Baker og Sgt Wood, blev begge fundet på Knopper Strand.
De blev begravet i Lemvig af pastor J. Bendsen henholdsvis den 21. juni og 27. maj 1941.

Sergent (Observer) Ernest George Baker, 30 år, var søn af Ernest Heber Baker og Minnie Baker,
Llandaff, Cardiff, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Et overlevende besætningsmedlem (Sgt Harris) blev taget til fange. (Kilde: FAF)
Han blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

"Sgt C. N. Harris blev interneret i lejrene 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel."
(Lost Bombers) 3 flyvere.

On 25 May 1942 BLE L8864 crashed into the sea off Thyborøn. (About here at Groyne 49.
Source: AOD)
The 2 perished crew member Sgt Baker and Sgt Wood were both found on the Knopper Beach.
They were buried in Lemvig on the 21 June and 27 May 1941 respectively. Vicar J. Bendsen officiated
at the graveside ceremony.

Sergent (Observer) Ernest George Baker, 30, was the son of Ernest Heber Baker and Minnie Baker,
of Llandaff, Cardiff, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

The surviving crew member Sgt Harris was taken prisoner. (Source: FAF)
He was taken to  German POW-Camps. "Sgt C. N. Harris was interned in
Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel." (Lost Bombers)

See Bomber Command No. 18 Squadron and 18(B) Squadron Association.
This Blenheim took off from RAF Oulton.  Lost Bombers has this. 3 airmen.