In Memory Of

BAILEY, ROY

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1899465
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 31 (S.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-10-12
Date of Death 2:
 1944-10-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KG999, 8 crew (1 RAF and 5 RAFVR), took off from Celone, Italy, for Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, north of Turin at night in poor weather. The weather conditions were very poor with 10/10 cloud cover and the aircraft crashed into the mountains above Ala di Stura. At the time of the crash there was no reported flak or air opposition
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave V. C. 1-8.
Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45