Gerald G. Gray.
Co-Pilot · 409th Squadron · Of Vida, MT.
The Man Behind the Name
2nd Lt. Gerald G. Gray served as co-pilot aboard B-24D "Double Trouble" on 19 January 1943.
Gray is listed as RMC (Returned to Military Control) on the revised MACR form.
From the 2nd Air Division Association Yearbook
Assigned as bombardier to a B-24D, 328th Bomb Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group as a second lieutenant. Arrived in Alconbury, England Sept. 10, 1942.
Flew 19 operational missions as bombardier on Double Trouble from Alconbury and from Libya, North Africa. Shot down over Sousse, Tunisia on Jan. 19, 1943. Survived the duration of the war as a prisoner, mostly in Stalag Luft III. Liberated in Moosburg, Germany in Spring 1945.
Service record.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Before and after.
Born March 3, 1919 in Vida, MT. Graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Enlisted in USAAC in December 1941.
Liberated in Moosburg, Germany in Spring 1945. Achieved final rank of first lieutenant. Died Jan. 30, 1978 in Portland, OR.