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A Typical Missing Air Crew Report (WW2)

AFPPA-11
File No 9355

Individual Casualty Questionnaire
Name of crew member: Bailey, James E.
Rank: 2nd Lt
Serial Number: 0-821931
Position: Crew (Bomber): Pilot

Did he bail out? No

Where? -

If not, why not? the aircraft exploded while Bailey was still in his...

Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
I told Bailey #1 eng was burning

Was he injured? No

Where was he last seen? in his seat

Any hearsay information: Dead body was identified on the ground by W.G. Lloyd Boling, Sgt.
The bodies of the eight dead crew members were identified by Sgt Boling

Source: the waist gunner

Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
When the ship exploded he was probably blown out without his chute, this information is the same for all eight killed

Total number of missions of above crew member: 15

Dates and destinations if possible: same as mine except 1 and 2 in Sept of 44

6-3861,AF

Missing Air Crew Report Number 9355, National Archives, College Park, MD.

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