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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
  • Battles & Campaigns: Normandy; Northern France; Central Europe; Rhineland
  • Location of Service: Normandy, France; Lamsdorf, Germany; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/75

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Interview / Recording

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[ [Front]: Veteran during interview ]
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[ General Orders No. 22 [14 November 1943] General Orders No. 27 [7 February 1944] General Orders No. 187 [19 March 1944] ]
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[ "Interned Airmen's Institute Certificate of Merit" (6 certificates for completion of educational courses during internment) ]
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[ Memoir of Raymond E. Bailey ]
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[ Letter to Larue Bailey awarding her husband, Raymond Bailey, the flying cross, 24 August 1944 ]
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[ Chronology of his service in World War II [August 1942 to September 1945] ]

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[ "Report on capture of members of enemy air forces," [18 April 1944] ]
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[ Map and brief history of Stalag XVII B. ]

About this Item

Title

  • Raymond E. Bailey Collection

Names

  • U.S. Senate/Mike Crapo
  • Crapo, Mike
  • Bailey, Raymond E.

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Idaho

Headings

  • -  Bailey, Raymond E.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
  • -  Prisoner of War -- United States

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
    • Location of Service: Normandy, France; Lamsdorf, Germany; European Theater
    • Battles & Campaigns: Normandy; Northern France; Central Europe; Rhineland
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was a German prisoner of war (POW) in Stalag XVII-B. The veteran's wife was awarded his Distinguished Flying Cross while he was in Stalag XVII-B.

Materials

  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2001-11-19)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2001-08-30)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Memoir [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [13 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2001-11-19)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/75

Online Format

  • online text
  • video
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Special Format

Wars & Conflicts

Service Branch

Location of Service

Battles & Campaigns

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Gender

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

Interviewee

Interviewer

Organization/Affiliation

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

U.S. Senate/Mike Crapo, Mike Crapo, and Raymond E Bailey. Raymond E. Bailey Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.00075/.

APA citation style:

U.S. Senate/Mike Crapo, Crapo, M. & Bailey, R. E. (1942) Raymond E. Bailey Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.00075/.

MLA citation style:

U.S. Senate/Mike Crapo, Mike Crapo, and Raymond E Bailey. Raymond E. Bailey Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.00075/>.