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Military service
Service number:
R/198093
Age:
22
Rank:
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
March 19, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
13. F. 8.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Arthur and Mary Ann Baker, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
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Crew of Lancaster PB451. On 19 March 1945, PB451 was airborne 0132 from Gransden Lodge O/P Witten, Germany, from which it failed to return. The crew are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. They are: F/O (P) G.E.Peaker age 33 from Saskatoon; Sgt A.Kirkcaldy, F/O (N) E.Hayes age 21 Vancouver; F/O (BA) R.S.Butterworth age 26 Ottawa; Sgt R.P.Smith RAF; WO2 (WAG) R.M.Baker age 22 Toronto; F/S (AG) E.F.Perrault age 20 Fort Francis; F/S (AG) J.P.H.Adam age 21 Tecumseh, Ont. (F/O Butterworth was from Richville, New York.) -
Photo of RALPH MURRAY BAKER
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Photo of RALPH MURRAY BAKER
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Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RALPH MURRAY BAKER
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RALPH MURRAY BAKER
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
WO II WOp/Air Gunner Ralph Murray Baker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WO II WOp/Air Gunner Ralph Murray Baker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. Ralph Murray Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 493 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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