Cika wannan jumla: A watan Maris na 1944, Bailey ya shiga cikin
Ya sauka a Emirau, inda ya taimaka wajen kafa sansanin jiragen sama na Amurka kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Navy don aikinsa. Bayan tafiyar Janar Field Harris zuwa Amurka a watan Agusta 1944, Bailey ya karbi umurnin Marine Aircraft Group 11 kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyarsa a lokacin yakin Peleliu a watan Satumba zuwa Nuwamba 1944. Kungiyarsa ta ba da goyon baya na iska ga Rundunar Sojoji ta 81 da Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta 1 a lokacin yakin a Pacific.