Earl Cranston Garey
Military
Navigator - Gridley, Ramsey & O'Brien Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS
Object Number - UPL 43096 - 1LT Earl Cranston Garey, Jr. Navigator - Gridley, Ramsey & O'Brien Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS
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People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 April 1944
- Date: 27 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 16 March 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minco, Oklahoma | 6 August 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 30 March 1942 | |
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Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 16 September 1943 - 28 May 1944 | Flew 39-40 combat missoins |
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Died |
Vian, OK | 2 June 1995 | |
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Buried |
Muskogee, OK | 5 June 1995 | Greenhill Cemetery Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, US |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html