Gerald C Gray
Military
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UPL 22986
Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-23672 'Double Trouble' 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF.
NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.
Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.
NARA Ref 3A45218-3A46062.
Rear L-R: 2nd Lt Gerald G Gray, 2nd Lt Frank T Lewis, Lt Bernard Abels and Capt Benjamin F Riggs.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Edwin J Malloy, S/Sgt George R Creadon, T/Sgt Stephen V Meddling, S/Sgt Michael J Reilly, T/Sgt Marlin E Staller and S/Sgt Harry Cottingham.
19 January 1943 B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia. Gray is listed as one of 2 Prisoner of War (POW)s from the crew.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Double Trouble
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War |
19 January 1943 | ||
Born |
Valley City, North Dakota |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15484, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 64, WWII Memorial web site entry by the Navigator Luther Cox. & Page 280 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition