Robert Owen BAILEY

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BAILEY, Robert Owen

Service Number:	424578
Enlisted:	15 September 1942, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia , 29 February 1924
Home Town:	Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Teachers' College
Occupation:	Student Teacher
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 1 February 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 27 A 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 424578
15 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 424578, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas James Bailey and Zara Mildred Bailey, of Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia.

'TWAS NOT IN VAIN - HIS HANDS TO SHAPE A BETTER WORLD THAN WE HAVE KNOWN

The aircraft was hit by flak in the port inner engine and in the navigator's compartment. The port wing tip was blow off and half the wing shattered and the port tail plane was also hit. Your son was killed by a burst of flak through his compartment and was unable to leave the aircraft. The aircraft then crashed in flames.

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