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Eli Baker and Canadian servicemen.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105403
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0062; OJA 9-022
Date
May 1944
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
May 1944
Fonds No.
I0062
Item No.
OJA 9-022
Acquisition Source
Israel Shalom
Notes
Eli Baker is fourth from the left in suspenders, a French Canadian wearing a suit is second from the left, and a Dutch priest is second from the right. Photograph was taken in Tilburg, Holland.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Eli Baker fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101130
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file, 1 photograph
Fonds No.
I0062
Date
1944
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two copied B&W photographs and two documents from his prisoner of war period as well as a photocopy of an article from the Ottawa Citizen from June 5, 1944 announcing Baker missing in action and recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross.
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file, 1 photograph
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two copied B&W photographs and two documents from his prisoner of war period as well as a photocopy of an article from the Ottawa Citizen from June 5, 1944 announcing Baker missing in action and recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date
1944
Fonds No.
I0062
Storage Location
Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Eli Baker (b. November 20, 1920 – d.) was born in Ottawa, to Jacob and Fanny Baker. Eli attended York Street School, followed by Lisgar Collegiate. He was a member of the Maccabean Athletic Association. In 1941, Eli enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He trained as a mechanic in Toronto, St. Thomas, Ontario, and Bella Bella, British Columbia. He completed basic training in Edmonton, Alberta, and then attended the Air Observer School where he trained as a navigator. In 1942, he went overseas as a Pilot Officer and joined Canada's "Goose Squadron." He flew 45 missions over Europe as part of the Pathfinders. They flew at night and were the first over the target to drop flares for other planes in bomber command. He flew Wellingtons, Halifax, and Lancaster bombers which had a crew of 8 men. Eli recalled a close call when an incendiary bomb from an overhead allied plane dropped through his plane and damaged the navigational instruments. He was able to use his “celestial navigator” training to return safely to base. On May 23, 1944 Eli Baker was shot down over Holland during his 46th mission. Incidentally he and his pilot volunteered their services this flight crew who needed to make one last mission to make 45 in total. Eli survived but the pilot did not. Six of the crew of eight survived. They were captured and transported by passenger train to Sagan, Poland and were made prisoners of war in Stalag 3, a German Army prisoner-of-war camp located in Berlin. When the Russians broke through German lines in 1945, they were marched to Hamburg, Germany. Then when the British broke through, he and other POW's were marched to the Kiel Canal. Eli was liberated on May 6, 1945. At the he weighed 114 pounds, 26 pounds less than when he entered the service. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross in June, 1944. Because Eli Baker had been registered with the Red Cross he was allowed to write two letters each month, one to his parents and one to his pen pal (and future wife) Lillian Greenblatt, of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Lillian and Eli became pen pals after Eli’s friend, Harry Pollock, visited his uncle and met Lillian while delivering bread to the Greenblatt Deli. Prior to Harry's trip, Eli had jokingly said that if Harry found him a nice gal in Hollywood, he would write to her and it happened. Lillian made a trip to Ottawa by train in 1944 to visit the Baker family before ever meeting Eli. Lillian and Eli’s letters were forwarded to each other by Eli’s sister Ann in Ottawa. Eli returned Canada, first landing in Halifax on the Louis Pasteur in the summer of 1945. Shortly afterward, Eli travelled to Los Angeles where he and Lillian met and married. He went on to work as stock broker with Meryl Lynch in Los Angeles. Eli’s sisters, Malca (Baker) Lebell of Santa Barbara, California, and Betty (Baker) Kotzer of Toronto remember Yom Kippur of 1944 very well. Both Betty and Malca were too young to fast so they returned to home at lunch time. A telegram or letter was delivered stating that that Eli had been taken as POW. Previously they had not known if he had survived the plane crash months earlier. The two girls ran to the shul, Agudath Israel on Fairmount Avenue, and delivered the message to their parents. The shul erupted in thanksgiving. Malca described the day as “the most momentous event of her life.”
Notes
1. Information obtained by past Archivist Dawn Logan via a telephone conversation with Eli Baker, July 18, 2007. Additional notes from Dawn Logan speaking with Eli Baker at Hillel Lodge while he visited Ottawa, August 27, 2008. 2. A day or two after being shot down over Holland, Eli Baker briefly met a Dutch farmer in his field and gave him his Ottawa address. After the war, to the surprise of Fanny and Jacob Baker, the Dutch family Kuensten wrote the Bakers and they sponsored the family's immigration to Canada.
Related Material
There I was ... a collection of reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Eli Baker shakes hands with an unidentified American Officer upon graduation as an Air Observer in Edmonton, Alberta.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104951
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0062; OJA 1-783-02
Date
1941
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1941
Fonds No.
I0062
Item No.
OJA 1-783-02
Notes
L-R: unidentified American Officer, Eli Baker.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Jack Baker and Eli Baker in Canadian Services uniforms.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105465
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0062; OJA 9-010
Date
1944
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1944
Fonds No.
I0062
Item No.
OJA 9-010
Creator
Hoffman Collection
Notes
L-R: Jack Baker, and Eli Baker.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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Pilot Officer Eli Baker and cousin Al (Israel) Hoffman in England during World War II.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104946
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0062; OJA 9-009
Date
1943
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1943
Fonds No.
I0062
Item No.
OJA 9-009
Acquisition Source
I. Shalom
Notes
L-R: Eli Baker, Al Hoffman. Photograph taken in Bournemouth, England.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Eli Baker in Royal Canadian Air Force uniform.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104185
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0062; OJA 1-783-01
Date
ca. 1941
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
ca. 1941
Fonds No.
I0062
Item No.
OJA 1-783-01
Creator
Yousuf Karsh
Acquisition Source
Eli Baker
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Unknown

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112074
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photographic negative strip
Fonds No.
10062; 01; 1-062-01-01
Scope and Content
1 black and white photographic film negative strip
Collection
Eli Baker fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photographic negative strip
Scope and Content
1 black and white photographic film negative strip
Fonds No.
10062
Series No.
01
Item No.
1-062-01-01
Storage Location
research room
Notes
Original note: "Eli Baker."
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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