Walter Allen Bailey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 54489 - T/Sgt Walter Bailey, 96BG.
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31447 'Cookie' 11-Apr-44; plane crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3811
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15019304 / O-803299
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cookie
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Shrewsbury, PA | 3 August 1923 | Son of Horace Gilbert and Erma Magdaline Bailey. |
|
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 5 November 1942 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
|
Died |
Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 | |
|
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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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 / MACR 3811 / MACR 3811; Snetterton Falcons, page 99 & 130 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
