Frank O Bailey
Military ROLL OF HONOURShared with the American Air Museum by Bill Wheeler, volunteer at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, VA.
After falling out of formation and then being attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31488 'Shade Ruff' crashed SE of Meppen, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). Died during a forced march west from the Prisoner of War (POW) camp at Memel.
POW
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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
- Nicknames: Shade Ruff
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
27 April 1945 | ||
Born |
Hadford, Virginia, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2911 / MACR 2911, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2628 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database