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Forenames
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Name
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Age
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Date of Death
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Place of Death
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Cemetery
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Reference
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Details
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0-817375
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1st Lieutenant
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Walter M.
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Baskin
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361st Fighter Squadron
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13th February 1945
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Trimley
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Accident during training flight
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Cambridge American Cemetery
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Plot C. Row 6. Grave 2.
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During a training sorties he climbed to altitude but lost a wing and ended up in a flat spin. He spun Seven times before crashing into 3 feet of water in the River Orwell 2 miles West of Trimley. He had previously served with the 34th Bombardment Group.
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