 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 3 November 1943 Lancasters mbiri dzakapfurwa pedyo neHelmond neEssen na19:13 na19:36. Mumwe Lancasters angave aiva Lancaster I W4822, pamusoro No. 57 Squadron RAF, captained ne First Lieutenant Donald R. West, United States Army Air Forces USAAF. West akafa pamwe chete nevamwe vashandi vana; vatatu vakasungwa. Musi wa18 November Bomber Command yakatanga Hondo yeBerlin. Musi waDecember 20 Baake akapfura pasi Lancasters mbiri. Ndege dzakaziviswa kuti dzakapfurwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweLiège, Belgium neEindhoven, nenguva dza19:12 na21:00 zvichiteerana - kubudirira kwekupedzisira kuri chikumbiro chekupedzisira chakapihwa nemutyairi wehondo yehusiku pabasa iroro. Pana 27 January 1944 Baake akauraya munhu wake wechitatu uye wokupedzisira mukati mokurwisa kweBerlin. Akanyora kuti Lancaster yakapfurwa na22:50 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweAachen. Mukurwisana, Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 yaBaake yakarohwa nemoto wekudzorera uye Baake akabhururuka neparachute achienda kunzvimbo yakachengeteka nevashandi vake. Baake akataura kukunda kwake kwechi25 apo Bomber Command yakarwisa Aachen usiku hwa 1112 April 1944. Akati aiva neLancaster kumavirira kweHaarlem na23:37. Zvikumbiro zvipfumbamwe zvakaitwa pamusoro peGermany usiku ihwohwo pamwe chete nezvikumbiro zviviri zvakaitwa pamusoro peEngland. Bomber Command yakarasikirwa nechipfumbamwe. 