Harold Bailey
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Military
35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library.
Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
14 August 1944
16 August 1944
Aircraft factories and oil refineries are the primary targets for this mission. A total of 1090 heavy bombers are despatched. See Mission Details for particulars.
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5 October 1944
19 October 1944
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Born | Mansfield, Pennsylvania | 6 May 1924 |
Mission | RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent ME14, UK | 10 September 1944 |
Had to emergency land B-24H-15-CF #41-29358 "Ol' Soak" at Detling. The nose wheel collapsed and the forward fuselage was damaged. |
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Gas Haul Mission | Clastres, France | 19 September 1944 |
1500 gallons of 80 octane gas |
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Gas Haul Mission | Lille, France | 21 September 1944 |
1400 gallons of 80 octane gas |
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Gas Haul Mission | Lille, France | 23 September 1944 |
1800 gallons |
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Gas Haul Mission | Saint-Dizier, France | 25 September 1944 |
1700 gallons |
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Gas Haul Mission | Saint-Dizier, France | 29 September 1944 |
Mission | Mainz, Germany | 19 October 1944 |
Flew an operational mission to Mainz. Heavy flak. No fighters. Flak hole. Tail gunner passed out. |
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Died | California, USA | 26 January 2013 |
Buried | 18 October 2013 | |
Arlington National Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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16 February 2016 19:30:51 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
06 April 2015 03:53:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 December 2014 16:38:51 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 December 2014 16:37:47 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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Attlebridge Diaries - Woolnough |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
10 November 2014 03:19:40 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname, awards and aircraft associations |
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Attlebridge Arsenal |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:22:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 201 |