World War II Honoree

Douglas Frank Jakes Baxter

Hometown

Auburndale, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 576 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AVRO LANCASTER MK III (LM532) CRASHED NEAR SAINT CYR-EN-VAL, FRANCE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO THE RAILWAY YARDS AT ORLEANS ON JULY 5, 1944. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT THE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ST. CYR-EN-VAL, LOIRET, FRANCE. COMMEMORATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY VETERANS MEMORIAL (COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 1942), BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.