World War II Honoree

Stanley Goddard Gray

Hometown

Pine Bush, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 14 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, AYLMER, ONTARIO. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 78 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HALIFAX MK II (W7822) WAS ATTACKED BY A GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER AND LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO FLENSBURG, GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 104 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.