LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Elwyn Glyndwr BAKER
Service No: 435925
Born: Ebbw Vale, Wales, 14 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 November 1943 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 22 Squadron, Morotai
Died: Aircraft Accident (No.22 Squadron Beaufighter A8-105), Morotai, 18 July 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Margaretta Baker; husband of Vera Louise Baker, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 July 1945, Beaufighter A8-105 crashed into the sea during a non-operational test flight. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Elwyn Glyndwr Baker (435925) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Jack Gordon Bond (400690) (pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 55
Bibliography:
Parnell, N.M. (Neville M.) Whispering Death: A history of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons, AH & AW Reed Terry Hills NSW, 1980
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992