World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Thomas Gray
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
2ND LIEUTENANT, 702ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 445TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY). PILOT OF B-24 TAIL NUMBER 42-7517. KILLED FEBRUARY 24, 1944 DURING A RAID ON AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN GOTHA, GERMANY. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER. THE 445TH WAS AWARDED A DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE GOTHA RAID WITH THE LOSS OF 122 AIRMEN. HE IS BURIED IN THE NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY, MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS.