Virgie Newton Ray
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395075.jpg?itok=Z2H16PVo)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-7597.jpeg?itok=YDK_TX_R)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-28282.jpeg?itok=nWR0VSAu)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: De rumble izer
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Places
![Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-258.jpg?itok=i-QQOssr)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N, Rank, Role & Middle Name per info on 384th BG website.
Added an Association to “Grafton Underwood”, the home base of the 384th BG.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
AAIR 45-01-22-526 / 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=…