Virgil LaVenne Gray

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40418.png UPL 40418 S/Sgt. Virgil LaVerne Gray, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B17G 42-97511 "Egg Haid" 381st Bomb Group, Killed on January 21th 1945..


Photo: Eva Lynn Gray Noveskey

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Object Number - UPL 40418 - S/Sgt. Virgil LaVerne Gray, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B17G 42-97511 "Egg Haid" 381st Bomb Group, Killed on January 21th 1945.. Photo: Eva...

Killed in Action (KIA) 21 January 1945

Buried at Pleasant View Cemetery

Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan, USA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A ground crewman of the 381st Bomb Group cleans the nose gun turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-40011) nicknamed "Schnozzle".

42-40011

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Schnozzle
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

42-97511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Egg Haid
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA 26 March 1920

Died

conton England 21 January 1945

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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