Verne R Gray
Military ROLL OF HONOUR5 Battlestars
Shuttle Mission Medal to Russia
4 Air Medals
T/Sgt. William H. Marra, 1944
A partial collection of photos left to me (his daughter, Betsy) by my father, William H. Marra.
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Alfeld in B-17 'Boston Blackie' #42102972 Mission was to bomb the marshalling yards at Seelze, near Hanover when his plane was hit by another B-17, the 'Lady Velma' and both planes went down. , there was only one survivor, Francis Joe Nix, out of the Lady Velma.
Purple Heart
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: - Heavenly Cent - Boston Blackie - Miss Boston
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
14 March 1945 | ||
Born |
Longmont, Colorado, USA | ||
Buried |
Longmont, Colorado | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 14 March 1945 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13025 / MACR13025/relative / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database