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Missing Air Crew Report 15484
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanPrisoner of WarRotated 01 Apr 1945 · Passed 30 Jan 1978
Gerald G. Gray.
Co-Pilot · 328th Squadron · Of Vida, MT.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
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.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Co-Pilot
Serial Number
0-660348
Mission Count
19
Theater of Operations
10 Sep 1942 to 01 Apr 1945
Hometown
Vida, MT
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 19 Jan 1943
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.
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Date
Target
Aircraft
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19 Jan 1943
Sousse, Tunisia
“Double Trouble”
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Before and after.
§ The Civilian Years
Before the War
Born March 3, 1919 in Vida, MT. Graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Enlisted in USAAC in December 1941.
After the War
Liberated in Moosburg, Germany in Spring 1945. Achieved final rank of first lieutenant. Died Jan. 30, 1978 in Portland, OR.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Second Air Division
Page 234
Published
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record