Quinton E Bailey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 78553 - 2LT Quinton E. Bailey Pilot - Crew #662 KIA 12 Oct 1944
Quinton Bailey served as a pilot with the 466th Bomb Group. He was Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft, B-24 'Off Limits Again' #42-94974, was hit by flak and crashed at Osnabruck on 12 October 1944.
He was married Ruth Balke of Haskell, TX and their son, Joe Quinton Bailey, was born on 23 February 1945.
Joe Quinton Bailey died on 2 December 1946 in a car accident.
It was reported as follows in the Abilene Reporter on 3 December 1946:
"Haskell Child Hit by Car Dies
HASKELL, Dec. 2--(SpD--)
Joe Quinton Bailey, two-year-old son of Mrs. Quinton Bailey, young widow of a Haskell war hero, died instantly from injuries received when he was struck by a car in downtown Haskell at 4:55 p. m. Monday. The child broke away from his mother as she was buying ice cream in a corner drugstore and ran into the street. He was hit by a slow-moving automobile, driven by W. H. Tippen, longtime resident of Haskell."
"The boy was taken to the Haskell county hospital where his grandmother, Mrs. V. C. Bailey of Haskell assured the grief-stricken driver that the family held him "entirely blameless" in the accident. 2/Lt. Quinton Bailey, member of the Army Air Force, was shot down in October, 1944 over Germany. His widow is the former Ruth Balke of Houston. The paternal grandfather, V. C. Bailey, also survives. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Monday."
His widow, Ruth, later married John R "Rusty" Mullins, a childhood friend and WWII B-17 pilot. They had two sons and many grandchildren. She died on 8 April 2014.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-773284
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722414
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18106250
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20753112
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16153472
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Off Limit's Again
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 October 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 April 1921 | ||
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Other Married Ruth Balke |
10 April 1941 | ||
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Enlisted |
12 August 1942 | ||
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Buried |
31 August 1950 | His father, Virgil Bailey, signed the Headstone and Internment record in 1950. As well as his parents, he was survived by Mrs. Ruth Balke Mullins of Galveston, a brother, Delmon C. Bailey of Vernon and a sister, Mrs. Allen Overton of Haskell. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
12 October 1944 | I saw the #6 ship in the lead squadron go down. One second they were flying along, the next second they were a mass of flames from the leading edge of the wing back to the tail. The wing came off and the plane nosed over into a spin and then the tail broke off at the rear bomb bay. I don't think anyone could have possibly gotten out unless maybe the navigator did. It looked like flames might have been in the cockpit as well. Maybe it's not so bad to get knocked down if you have a chance to bail out, but those boys had no chance. Most of them had been burned to death before they knew what hit them. - Paul W Perry flying squadron lead in the squadron behind Bailey's a/c witnessed the Bailey Crew being shot down. | |
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Based |
12 October 1944 | ||
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Born |
His wife was listed as his next-of-kin in the Missing Air Crew Report, living at an address in Galveston. She is listed as 'Mrs Quinton E Bailey'. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Obituary of Ruth Balke Mullins: http://www.malloyandson.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2473988&fh_…
Obituary of Ruth Balke Mullins: http://www.galvnews.com/obituaries/article_5e2d4f90-c0f8-11e3-80b6-0017…
Combined two entries for Quinton E Bailey. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9488
Quinton Bailey's Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40983083
His son's Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40983079
U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1942-1945
Newspaper clippings:
Father's name: http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/bitstream/handle/10605/9887/Haskell_Fre…
Wife's name: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45464785/
Death of son in road accident in downtown Haskell:
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51207590/
Return of Quinton Bailey's body to Haskell: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=20&cad=r…
MACR 9488 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
