Description

The Story of Baker Battery

Printer: J. G. Weiß, Munich, January 1946

151 pages scanned including fold-out map

Contents:

The Story of Baker Battery 217 AAA Gun BN – 6 April 1944 – 16 August 1945
Compiled by E. W. Morey

Preface
By E. W. Morey

Unit History
     England – SS Sea Porpoise     6 April 1944 – 17 April 1944
     LLanmartin – England     17 April 1944 – 26 April 1944
     Wadebridge – England     26 April 1944 – 17 May 1944
     Lyme Regis – England     17 May 1944 – 20 June 1944
     Dorchester and Weymouth – England     20 June 1944 – 25 June 1944
     Normandy – Utah Beach and Cherbourg,     France 26 June 1944 – 20 July  1944
     St. Lo – France     20 July 1944 – 2 August  1944
     Northern France – Avranches     2 August  1944 – 17 August  1944
     St. Quentin
     St. Martin
     Sille Le Guillaume     17 August  1944 – 23 August  1944
     Orleans – France     23 August  1944 – 26 August  1944
     Troyes – France     27 August  1944 – 2 September 1944
     Commercy – France     2 September 1944 – 16 September 1944
     Rhineland – Toul – France     16 September 1944 – 30 December 1944
     Ardennes – Bastogne – Belgium     30 December 1944 – 9 February 1945
     St. Vith – Belgium     10 February 1945 – 6 March 1945
     Trier – Germany     6 March 1945 – 25 March 1945
     Central Europe – St. Goar – Germany     25 March 1945 – 2 April 1945
     Frankfurt – Germany      2 April 1945 – 11 April 1945
     Hanau – Germany     11 April 1945 – 16 April 1945
     Jena – Germany     16 April 1945 – 18 April 1945
     Bamberg – Germany     18 April 1945 – 27 April 1945
     Nürnberg – Germany     27 April 1945 – 4 May 1945
     Ering – Germany     4 May 1945 – 12 July 1945
     Berchtesgaden – Germany     12 July 1945 – 28 August 1945
     A Glimpse at the Big Picture – From the Channel to the Alps

March Orders

Battery “B” Claims of Targets Shot Down

The Roster
     Officers
     Enlisted Men

Fold-out Map of Operations