Bailey, Merrill George (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-June-30

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Hatiburlon, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

R/83874
PoW: 24941

Home
Google MapHatiburlon, Ontario
Target
Google MapBremen Germany

Took off from Oakington at 23:50 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code: MG-S Bomber Command) on an operation to Bremmen Germany.

Outbound, shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the North Sea 35 km NW Vlieland Friesland Holland.

Killed: Pilot Officer B A C Richards RAF KIA Uithuizermeeden Cemetery Row 16 Grave 26. Sergeant R H Kelly RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial panel 87 Flight Sergeant H A T Watson RNZAF KIA Runnymede Memorial panel 117 Sergeant A J Hamly RAF KIA Oldebroek Cemetery grave 40 Sergeant S A Moris(s)on RAF KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 7. E. 3.

POWs includes Bailey: Sergeant L J Keatley RAF POW Stalag Luft Bb POW# 24940 Sergeant D A W Peachey RAF POW Stalag Luft 8b POW# 24943