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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ancil Chalmer Baker

Hometown

Lansing, Michigan

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 SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 56 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. V (V6985) CRASHED AT NEWBURGH, FIFE, SCOTLAND ON JUNE 26, 1942. BURIED AT LEUCHARS CEMETERY, LEUCHARS, FIFE, SCOTLAND.