Addison Baker

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United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1907-1943)

United StatesLived 1907 to 1943 · aged 36

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S. Army Air Forces who led the group on the low-altitude Allied bombing mission of oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania, Operation Tidal Wave. For his actions during World War II he received the United States of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor (posthumously).

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Hell's Wench over Ploesti, by Roy Grinnell

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Medal of Honor

Purple Heart

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Lieutenant Colonel Addison Earl Baker was commander of the 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) in the U.S. Army Air Forces who led the group on the low-altitude Allied bombing mission of oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania, Operation Tidal Wave. For his actions during World War II he received the United States of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor (posthumously).

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deceased

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Lived 1907 to 1943 · aged 36

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