Oscar B Gray | American Air Museum

Oscar B Gray Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA), was on Round Robin navigation training mission when plane reported no. 1 engine feathered. and requested emergency landing. During the turn on final approach the a/c struck the shooting-in butts and burst into flames, killing all five crew.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.

524th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31119

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		28 December 1943
Buried/ Commemorated	England

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:52

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th