On 29 June 1944, Flight Officer Bruce Baxter, with gunners Ssgt Reed L. Enstrom and Ssgt Harold A. Potter, was assigned to a low level mission against St. Hillaire-Vitre railroad junnction in the east of Brittany, France. Their A-20G aircraft received a direct hit by flak over the target and went down in flames. No chutes were seen, but Ssgt Potter did survive and was captured - escaping and returning to his unit. F/O Baxter and Ssgt Enstrom were Killed in Action. This was F/O Baxter's first and last mission.
"Goin' Home" courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Band