MIA Update - April 18, 2022

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MIA Update:The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one new identification for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors is:

-- Army Air Force Lt. Col Addison Baker, 36, was commander of the 328th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which Baker was piloting crashed as a result of anti-aircraft fire during Operation Tidal Wave. Following the war, his remains could not be identified. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Interment services are pending. Read about Baker https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2997931/medal-of-honor-pilot-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-baker-a/.