Floyd L Gray
MilitaryShot down 15 August 1944 in B-24 #4250442. Evaded (EVD).
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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: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33548652
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14118841 and O-816256
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34095885
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694932
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19101798 and O-702123
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | 16 May 1920 | the son of Norris Earl and Marguerite Effie (Mein) Gray |
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Enlisted |
17 September 1940 | ||
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Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
Belgium | 15 August 1944 - 6 September 1944 | Landed near Ghent, Belgium. Evaded. See his Escape & Evasion report at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-1629.pdf - A farmer bandaged his wounds, gave him civilian clothes and indicated the way to Courtrai / Kortrijk, Belgium. In a town about 8 miles NE of that main city, he was taken care of by a 35-year old man who took him in, fed him, tended to his feet and put him in contact with a man who guided him to Menin / Menen, near the French border. Gray crossed the border on his own and reached Roncq in France, where he stopped at a house to ask for a drink. The peole obliged, fed him also and fetched a Catholic priest who spoke English. Gray stayed in that house and was visited there by a couple, Mr & Mrs Derykers-Homez of 33 rue des Chats Huants in Roncq. They then brought him a guide who led him to a farm about 4 miles away. He stayed there for 5 days, frequently visited by the couple. Then the same guide came and led him to the house of a tailor, "Edouard Vannese" in Roncq [ Note researcher : the post-war French Helpers list for Roncq only has two VANNESTE in Roncq, one Albert, the other Louis, at different addresses - no "VANNESE"... ]. Gray lived there until British troops liberated the city on 6 September 1944. He was taken in charge and driven by an American officer to Lille and from there he was flown back to England from a Canadian landing strip on 8 September. Was liberated by British troops on See also Lt Eadmer W. Pease's page. |
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Died |
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, United States | 12 August 1995 | |
| Loveland, Colorado |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to events, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 7918
Escape & Evasion report at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-1629.pdf
Burial data at the Find a Grave website
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7918 / MACR 7918, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database