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Valentine Baker (pilot)

Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (died 1942)

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Born
August 24, 1888
Died
September 12, 1942
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1888

About Valentine Baker (pilot)

Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC, nicknamed "Bake", served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor, and co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company. He was the father of novelist Denys Val Baker. Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC (24 August 1888 – 12 September 1942), nicknamed "Bake", served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. He also earned the Military Cross, awarded on 26 July 1917, the citation read: 2nd Lt. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours; the announcement was made the same day that the medal was instituted.

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Valentine Baker (pilot) timeline

  1. Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC (24 August 1888 – 12 September 1942), nicknamed "Bake", served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War.
  2. He also earned the Military Cross, awarded on 26 July 1917, the citation read: 2nd Lt.
  3. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours; the announcement was made the same day that the medal was instituted.

The world when Valentine Baker (pilot) was born

Valentine Baker (pilot) was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Valentine Baker (pilot)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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