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Hero or Fraud ? Second Lt. Percival Dee Bailey (0-767727), Air Corps

Discussion in 'Those Who Served' started by Tipnring, Jun 25, 2020.

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  1. R Leonard

    R Leonard Member

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    Ah, but as near as I can tell, and I've some 25 plus pages researching his, Avedon's, claims against the records, he was NOT a naval aviator in WW2.

    A huckster of repro flight jackets puffed for the product.
     
    R Leonard, Dec 15, 2022
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    From the OP's first post:

    His military record is so impressive that he was cited for the Congressional Medal of Honor — but he never received it. “I told the administration that I wouldn’t accept it unless they gave every man in my crew the same commendation,” he says. “My boys always came first.”

    His boys deserve a Congressional Medal of Honor flying with this lunatic.
     
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    And, hey, this is fun, go to the below site and plug in Bailey's particulars. Surely one of those 13 ditching's would have attracted historical attention.

    World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes
     
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