Ben W Bailey

Military
media-38428.jpeg UPL 38428 "Anti-aircraft defences include gun-toting jeeps like the one shown above, able to cover any spot on the base in a matter of minutes during an emergency. Gunner and driver, who also acts as ammunition feeder can use their mobile .50 calibre weapon with equal effectiveness against invader troops or low flying enemy planes. Here S/Sgt's Ben W. Bailey, Los Angeles,CA and Hilliard E McKeeby Joplin, MO unlimber their weapon for action."

381st Bomb Group B-17G 42-97238 GD-I “OUR CAPTAIN” Ridgewell, England 1944

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Object Number - UPL 38428 - "Anti-aircraft defences include gun-toting jeeps like the one shown above, able to cover any spot on the base in a matter of minutes during an...

Assigned to 7th Station Complement Sqn, 432 ASGp, 381BG, 8AF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri, USA 20 November 1919

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 30 July 1941 Los Angeles, California

Died

Santa Maria, CA 12 April 2006

Based

Ridgewell Assigned to 7th Station Complement Sqn, 432 ASGp, 381BG, 8AF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

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Object number: UPL 38428 - "Anti-aircraft defences include gun-toting jeeps...