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Bernard George Baebler

Graduating Class of 1943
Served in World War II
Attached photograph of Aviation Cadet Baebler

Aviation Cadet
Bernard George Baebler

Army
Class 43-J

Hometown

Belleville, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Crystal City, TX

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, WI

More About Aviation Cadet Baebler

Bernard Robert “Buck” Baebler enlisted into the US Army Air Forces on July 9, 1942, in Madison, Wisconsin. He completed his Primary Training in East St. Louis, Illinois, and completed his Basic Training in Garden City, Kansas. He was transferred to Eagle Pass Army Airfield in Texas for continued training. Aviation Cadet Baebler was killed when his AT-6 Texan aircraft was involved in a midair collision thirty-two miles east of Eagle Pass Army Airfield on Oct. 13, 1943.