<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-November 1943 uBaker wabelwa njengomphathi wendiza ne-493th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, eTullahoma, eTennessee. Ekuqaleni kuka-1944, waya e-European Theater of Operations neqembu elalibhekiswe ku-Ninth Air Force. Wahamba ngezindiza ze-P-47 Thunderbolt emikhankasweni ye-Air Offensive, eYurophu; eNormandy; naseRhineland  <response>: . futhi. Wanikezwa i-Silver Star ngesibindi sakhe ngesikhathi esempini futhi wathola ne-oak leaf cluster eya ku-Distinguished Flying Cross. Ekupheleni kohambo lwakhe lwesibili lwaseYurophu, wayesechithe amahora angu-523 ezindizeni zempi ezingama-272 ezindizeni zaseBrithani zezindiza ze-Spitfire ne-Thunderbolt. 