World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Harold Roy Bailey
Hometown
Devils Lake, North Dakota
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 57 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (ND879) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BRUNSWICK, GERMANY ON MAY 23, 1944. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.