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Stanley E Bailey

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  • "Lt. Bailey and crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 19 July 1944." Front L-R: 2Lt Stanley E Bailey, 2Lt Sumner M Alpert, 2Lt Leo H Butler, 2Lt William Fenning. Rear L-R: Unk, Sgt William B Plough, Unk, Unk, Unk.

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  • A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed

    A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44 with Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.

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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Force landed in B-17G 42-38183 on 28 September 1944. Returned to duty (RTD).

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

Service

Units served with

  • 8th Air Force

    8th Air Force


    Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...

  • 379th Bomb Group

    379th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...

  • 524th Bomb Squadron

    524th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-38183 The Lost Angel

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Denver 8/1/44; Albuquerque 12/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles,...

Associated Place

  • Kimbolton

    Military site : airfield
    Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....

Events

Event Location Date
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-819184
Highest rank
Second Lieutenant
Role/job
Pilot
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
29 May 2019 15:05:46 Al_Skiff Changes to unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953
Date Contributor Update
20 December 2018 14:37:04 Al_Skiff Changes to service number, biography and unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:25:18 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9363

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