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P/O. Bernard Oliver Baldwin
Royal Air Force 158 Squadron
(d.24th May 1944)
Bernard Baldwin was a Pilot Officer with 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was 22 years old and the son of Frank and Olive Baldwin of Boardy Locks, Apsley. Bernard was born and educated in Apsley.
He flew from RAF Lissett on Wednesday 24th May 1944 in a Halifax on a mission to Aachen. Unfortunately, his aircraft never returned. He had just passed his final interview for a commission as Flying Officer and the following Saturday was due to receive this promotion. His medals were however awarded posthumously to Pilot Officer Baldwin. The local paper reports that his mother, Mrs Olive Baldwin, had sent him £7 by post to help him purchase various necessities for the occasion. "The money is in the post now", she told the Observer. "He had striven so hard to become an officer".
