Edwin C Bailey
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 14 January 1945 in A/C #43-38419. This was his first mission, he had been removed from his crew because of the new rule that only 9 men could fly in a B-17. He was in a pool of other similar men and was assigned to this other plane so he went on his first mission before his originally assigned crew had theirs.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
14 January 1945 | ||
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Born |
Red Oak, Iowa, USA | ||
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
14 January 1945 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, ABMC, MACR 11567 / MACR 11567 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database