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BAILEY, Wesley

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax V
Serial Number LK634
Markings IP-T
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave Reference Joint grave 23. E. 1..
Epitaph REST IN JESUS. IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON STILL ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 125
Enlistment information
Service Number R/86191
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 434 (Bluenose)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-09-1943
End Date 30-09-1943
Takeoff Station Tholthorpe
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bochum. 352 aircraft, 9 losses (2.6%). Oboe equipped PFF accurately marked the target leading to concentrated bombing. 161 deaths on the ground
Reason for Loss Shot down by as Hptm. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld and crashed in a field near to Legden, 15km WNW of Munster.