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2 LT John Travers Baum

  • Branch: Army
  • Hometown/City: , CA
  • Date of Birth: 10-03-1920
  • Date of Death: 09-16-1943
  • Conflict: WWII
  • Unit: 50TH BOMBER SQUADRON, 385TH BOMBER GROUP
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  • Baum john grave

    2 Lt. John Baum was serving as the co-pilot on the B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft "Mary Ellen II" on Septembter 16, 1943 when there was mid-air collision that caused the plane to crash, killing all 10 crewmen on board.

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  • Mary ellen ii

    Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: John Egbert, Ball turret gunner: Willard White, Waist gunner: Chester Truex, Waist gunner: Harry Waldner,Tail gunner: Clyde Gingerich (10 Killed in Service); crashed on take off Abbotts Hall, Rickinghall Superior, Sfk; UK. after slight mid-air collision with 42-30120 (95BG); Salvaged 19/9/43. Missing Air Crew Report 15317. MARY ELLEN II.

    Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

    IMAGE COURTESY OF: "42-30601 MARY ELLEN II." AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM, HTTPS://WWW.AMERICANAIRMUSEUM.COM/ARCHIVE/AIRCRAFT/42-30601,

  • 2 Lt. John Baum was awarded the Purple Heart.

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