Bailey, Wesley Glenn
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Wesley Glenn |
Surname | Bailey |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Mary Sophronia Bailey, of Redvers, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK634 |
Markings | IP-T T-Tommy |
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 | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Bailey Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Former Control Tower, old Tholthorpe airfield site, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-09-1943 |
End Date | 30-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
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. |