Joseph M Gay Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Reported to ETO on 13 Sept 1943. Shot down by ME109s and crashed near Sedan, FR on a missio to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-30728. KIA.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

25 February 1944

Born

Washington DC

Buried

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2769, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 193 & 221;