Early Life
Bayles was born in Mason, Illinois on January 24, 1900, the oldest child of Hattie and Robert E. Bayles. He graduated from Newton, Illinois High School and attended the University of Illinois in mining engineering, but was forced to leave due to eye trouble. He was working as an electrician in various mines around Illinois when he began taking flying lessons.
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