Richard Bailey

Military

media-28068.jpeg UPL 28068 1st Lt Richard Bailey 450BS, 322BG, 9AF in unidentified B-26 cockpit.

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Object Number - UPL 28068 - 1st Lt Richard Bailey 450BS, 322BG, 9AF in unidentified B-26 cockpit.

Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 65 combat missions including three on D-Day and the 23-Dec-44 relief of the Bulge. When wounded in head and both hands, requested medical officer didn't put him forward for Purple Heart as he considered he didn't qualify.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Opted to leave the military a few months after the war ended and earned his engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Worked for different companies in multiple states as an engineer before retiring in 1996 at age 73.

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Units served with

322nd Bomb Group

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

450th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-17934

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Pappy's Pram
Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Places

Andrews Field

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Great Saling

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Combat mission [3]	Omaha Beach, France	6 June 1944	Flew three combat missions on D-Day over Omaha beach [Cotentin Peninsula].
Other Combat mission	Ardennes, France	23 December 1944	Flew combat mission on relief of the Bulge.23-Dec-44.
Born	New York, NY, USA
Based	Andrews Field		Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Initially at Andrews Field, Nr Braintree and later Beauvais, France.
	Kennesaw, GA, USA		Lives in Kennesaw, GA.
Other Returned Stateside	New York Harbor, United States		Returned to US aboard Queen Mary liner.