Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na Nọvemba 1943 e kenyere Baker ọrụ dị ka onye isi ụgbọ elu na 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, na Tullahoma, Tenn. Na mbido 1944, ọ gara European Theater of Operations na otu nke e kenyere Ninth Air Force. Ọ gbara ụgbọelu P-47 Thunderbolt na mkpọsa nke Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; na Rhineland
Ọ dị mma. E nyere ya Silver Star maka obi ike n'ọlụ ma nwetakwa ụyọkọ akwụkwọ oak na Distinguished Flying Cross. Ka ọ na-erule ngwụsị nke njem nke abụọ ya na Europe, o jirila ụgbọelu Spitfire na Thunderbolt nke Britain gbaa awa 523 n'agha 272.