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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Edward Henry Bakeman

Hometown

Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 12 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (ED714) CRASHED NEAR LE MANS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO SPEZIA, ITALY ON APRIL 14, 1943. BURIED AT WEST CEMETERY, LE MANS, SARTHE, FRANCE.