Bernard George Baebler
Graduating
Class of 1943
Served in
World War II
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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.