<< Back to Casualties List Soldier: Horace David Baittle Enlistment Number: R-79439 Rank: Flight Sergeant Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Birth: 1922 Date of Death: 1942, August 29 Age: N/A Cemetery: Adegem Canadian War Cemetery (XII. E8) Location: Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium War: W.W.II Additional Info: Flight Sergeant Horace Baittle, of Montreal, Quebec, was presumed dead for official purposes (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 518) on August 29, 1942. He was listed missing after air operations over enemy territory. Flight Sergeant Baittle enlisted in the air force in May 1941 and received his observer's wing at Mountain View, Ontario, in February 1942. He was assigned for special training in astro-navigation at Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick, and was posted overseas in March 1942. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of flight sergeant with effect from July 31, 1942. << Back to Casualties List