Baeker, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")

Date of birth:: November 23rd, 1915 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:: April 20th, 2004
Nationality:: German

Biography

00.00.1935: entered the RAD
00.00.1936: entered LKS Werder
00.00.1937: trained as a Zerstörer pilot
00.00.1938: promoted to Leutnant
00.06.1938: transferred to KG 152
00.01.1940: Techn.Offz., III./ KG 1
00.06.1941: Lt., III./ KG 1 awarded the Ehrenpokal
19.08.1941: Oblt., Techn.Offz., Stab, III./ KG 1, WIA - Bf 108 force-landed near the road Taurogen-Siauliai, due to an engine failure, during flight Saborowka - Insterburg
00.04.1942: recovered
00.00.1942-00.00.1943: Hptm., Staka 12./ KG 1
00.07.1943-00.04.1944: Staka, 7./ KG 1 (Ju 88 P-4)
00.04.1944: Staka, 2./ KG 1
00.06.1944: volunteered for home defense
00.09.1944: Kdr., II./ JG 7
25.11.1944-08.05.1945: Hptm., Kdr., II./ JG 3
00.03.1945: awarded the DKiG
08.05.1945: captured by the British
00.00.1946: released
00.09.1947: enrolled at the Technischen Hochschule at Stuttgart to study civil engineering
00.02.1956: joined the Bundesluftwaffe
00.00.1958: promoted to Obstlt.
00.00.1961: joined the Führungsstab
00.10.1963: Abteilungsleiter Infrastruktur, then later as an Oberst in the Luftwaffengruppenkommando Nord
00.00.1974: retired
Author of the book: Kampfgeschwader 1 ‘Hindenburg’,
privately published by Traditionsverband Kampfgeschwader 1 Hindenburg, 2006, ISBN 9783000223808