Bayley, Richard Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Richard Frederick |
Surname | Bayley |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-03-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND562 |
Markings | PH-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 14. D. 19. |
Epitaph | A DEARLY LOVED SON AND BROTHER |
Ribbon Stone | 0020 (Block 1, Column 6, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 7 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 658573 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Flt Sgt R.F. Bayley 12 Sqn |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-03-1944 |
End Date | 31-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (45% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Wickenby at 2155 hrs detailed to attack targets in Nurnberg. On the outbound flight fell victim to the guns of Hptm Gerhard Raht of 4/NJG3 South West of Bonn near F.F Ida at 0026 hrs. There were no survivors |