John Robert Baldwin | |
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Born | Bath, England | 16 July 1918
Died | presumably 15 March 1952 (aged 33) Korea |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1939–1952 |
Rank | Wing Commander |
Service number | 122337 |
Commands | No. 123 (Typhoon) Wing (1945) No. 146 (Typhoon) Wing (1944–45) No. 198 Squadron RAF (1943–44) |
Battles/wars | Second World War Korean War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order & Bar Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar Air Force Cross Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) |
Wing Commander John Robert Baldwin, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, AFC (16 July 1918 – missing in action 15 March 1952) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and the top scoring fighter ace flying the Hawker Typhoon exclusively during the Second World War. He went missing during secondment service with the United States Air Force in the Korean War and was presumed killed.