In Memory Of
GRAY, JAMES WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
922567
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
149 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-08-29
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Stirling N6081, Nuremburg. 159 aircraft despatched- incurred 23 losses. Low altitude attack. PFF used target indicators for the first time and were able to place them with great accuracy. Much damage in the Altstadt and the Nazi rally area in the south of the city, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 34 km NE of Mannheim
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. D. 19.
Cemetery:
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Bad Tolz, Bayern
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Son of Alexander and Maria Magdalene Gray, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. A Mining Engineer
