Jack L Gray
Military
Object Number - UPL 39040 - "Lt Burns and crew of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 17 April 1944."
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 6983
Completed 30 missions on previous mission to accident, but ordered to go on mission. Lucky not to ejected without chute through aperture left by Plexiglas coming away in collision.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH
Connections
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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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Canvey Point
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Diego County, CA | 3 July 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur San Pedro CA | 27 May 1944 | Fort MacArthur San Pedro California |
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Other Returned (RTD) |
Canvey Island | 19 June 1944 | Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. RTD MACR 6983 |
|
Died |
La Mesa, CA | 12 July 1999 | |
|
Buried |
Greenwood Memorial Park San Diego, CA | 15 July 1999 | Greenwood Memorial Park San Diego, San Diego County, CA |
| Huntington Beach, CA | |||
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/630298397
https://www.fold3.com/record/75326835-jack-l-gray
https://www.fold3.com/record/91128560-jack-l-gray
https://www.fold3.com/image/28680852?terms=42-97942
http://www.379thbga.org/Looking4%201160-1151%20p16.htm
http://www.379thbga.org/war_stories_ANDREWS.htm
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
http://8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197375774/jack-l_-gray
https://www.fold3.com/image/630298397
https://www.fold3.com/record/75326835-jack-l-gray
https://www.fold3.com/record/91128560-jack-l-gray
https://www.fold3.com/image/28680852?terms=42-97942
http://www.379thbga.org/Looking4%201160-1151%20p16.htm
http://www.379thbga.org/war_stories_ANDREWS.htm
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
http://8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197375774/jack-l_-gray
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
