Kenneth D Gray
Military
Rear L-R: Marvin Kravet(P), Neil E. Walling (N), Floyd R. Pederson (B), Greely Gay, (CP).
Front L-R: Kenneth D. Gray (RO), Claus N. Gustafson (FG), John S. Cox (BT), Kenneth W. Swift (TT), Urban W. Westrick (TT).
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44866 - Marvin Kravet crew, 547BS, 384BG, 8AF. Rear L-R: Marvin Kravet(P), Neil E. Walling (N), Floyd R. Pederson (B), Greely Gay, (CP). Front L-R:...
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Marv Kravet crew. 17 x combat missions. Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24-Apr-44 with Bill MacKichan crew in B-17 42-38158. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4352
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31053291 / O-742731
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-468423
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches : The Spotted Cow
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jean
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Queen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rigby, ID | 24 January 1921 | Son of George Samuel and Edna Grace [Davey] Gray. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 4 January 1944 | Promoted to Tech Sergeant. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 24 March 1944 | Promoted to Sergeant. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 7 April 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany | 24 April 1944 | Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-38158. POW MACR 4352 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 24 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
18 February 1991 | ||
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Buried |
Ammon Cemetery, Ammon, Bonneville County, ID | 21 February 1991 | Ammon Cemetery Ammon, Bonneville County, Idaho |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 24 February 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Enlisted |
Idaho Falls, ID | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4352, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
