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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Gordon Bailey

Hometown

Worcester, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR AND BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 429 'BISON' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK X (HZ471) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO WUPPERTAL, GERMANY ON MAY 30, 1943. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 181 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.