Clarence C Bailey

Military

Object Number - UPL 37499 - Clarence Bailey

Member of Ford's Crew. Sgt Clarence Bailey flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Tail Gunner.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Clarence C Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Francis F Burns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Charles E Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Barbre Dick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner

William Luther Englett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-37706

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chillen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6132

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snicklefritz
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

44-6313

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Budd's Dudds
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carrie B IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Revisions

Date4 Feb 2021 16:06:40
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1959

Date25 Feb 2019 00:35:40
Contributorptmcarron
Sources

Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

Date24 Feb 2019 23:20:44
Contributorptmcarron
Sources

Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

Date24 Feb 2019 21:19:31
Contributorptmcarron
Sources

Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

Date24 Feb 2019 19:04:33
Contributorptmcarron
Sources

Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

Date24 Feb 2019 16:46:07
Contributorptmcarron
Sources

Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:12
ContributorAAM
Sources

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

Clarence C Bailey: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 28134 - Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F...