BAKER, Flight Sergeant John Harvey (776057) - Mention in Despatches - No.422 Squadron - awarded as per London Gazette dated 2 June 1943. RAF Ferry Command crew cards (Directorate of History and Heritage, Document 84/44-3) state he was born 19 November 1916 in Saskatchewan, but give his permanent address as Geita, Tanganyika, British East Africa; his wife was living in Toronto. The crew card identifies him as a pilot, and shows him departing Montreal on 5 November 1942 to take Catalina FP180 overseas. Award for gallantry when a Sunderland crashed, 19 December 1942.