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242:. Two of the crewmen were killed in the air, though contrary to some reports that the pilot, Lloyd K. Jensen (1920–1994) was "summarily executed", Jensen did survive the war. Baggett, who had been wounded, decided to play dead, hoping the enemy pilots would ignore him. Nevertheless, one
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273:, Baggett was noted for his work with children, including sponsoring a boy and a girl to be commander for a day. Baggett retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1973 and later worked as a defense contractor manager for
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