Valentine Baker (pilot)

For Valentine Baker, the British and Ottoman soldier also known as Baker Pasha, see Valentine Baker.

Valentine Henry Baker
Valentine Henry Baker
Nickname(s)Bake
Born(1888-08-24)24 August 1888
Llanfairfechan, Wales
Died12 September 1942(1942-09-12) (aged 54)
RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
British Army
Royal Air Force
Years of service1914–1921
RankCaptain
Unit
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsMilitary Cross
Air Force Cross
RelationsDenys Val Baker (son)
Other workFlying instructor
Founder of Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd.

Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC (24 August 1888 – 12 September 1942), nicknamed "Bake",[1] served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor, and co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company. He was the father of novelist Denys Val Baker.

  1. ^ Valentine Henry Baker funeral brochure. Martin-Baker Co. 1942.