Ray Lacey
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Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Walt Ramsay crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD
B-17 42-38014 'Little America II' - Lead squadron. Crashed while landing at RAF Detling, Kent, on return from mission with battle damage. Struck obstructions including a hut, destroying aircraft. RTD.
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16117719
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: SJ, Spot Jammer, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35757396
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35928236
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: MOS 611 Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14136271
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2068040
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little America II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Satan's Playmate
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Edwards County, TX, USA | 25 February 1925 | Son of William David and Ida [Pratt] Lacey. |
Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX | 5 May 1943 | |
Based Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 16 December 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #247 dated 16 December 1944, Walter E. Ramsay Crew. 30 combat missions. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
3 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Enlisted |
23 January 1946 | ||
Other Discharged USAF |
31 October 1966 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 19 June 1994 | |
Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 23 June 1994 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA |
Revisions
AAIR 45-01-01-521 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…