World War II Honoree

Herbert E. Bailey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New Haven, Connecticut

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-712477. NAVIGATOR WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP, 701ST BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1944 HIS B-24, SERIAL NUMBER 42-94940, WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT MISBURG, NEAR HANNOVER. SIX CREW MEMBERS, AMONG THEM THE HONOREE, WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THE BOMBER. THE THREE OTHERS SAVED THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND SURVIVED THE WAR.