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Military service
Service number:
J/86335
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
May 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. H. 18-22.
Additional information
Son of William S. Bailey and Margaret Bailey, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
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Cemetery
Entrance - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Alexander Bailey
Enlisted at the age of 19, trained at Malton, went missing on May 23, 1944 and officially presumed dead on June 13, 1945. -
Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER BAILEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER BAILEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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