Rockford V Gray
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 39590
An Ace credited with downing 11 enemy aircraft, Major Rockford V. Gray served as the first squadron commander of the 369th Fighter Squadron. From Dallas, TX, "Rocky" flew with the 359th FG from March 1943 through October 1943, transferred to HQ, and then to the 365th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, on 19 February 1944. Major Gray was KIA while flying with the 365th FG.
359th Fighter Group collection
Photo courtesy Paul D. Bruns.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
March-Oct. 1943, to HQ, later to 9th AF and Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dallas, Texas |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History