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Re: Search for missing RAF crew members May 1940.
Hi again Fred,
P/O Gray was the pilot of Hudson N7353 VX-? Other crew members were:
Sgt M. Moore 565347 RAF
AC1 B. Gill 621946 RAF
LAC R. J. Sloan 517038 RAF
The Hudson took off at 04.45 hrs from Bircham Newton for a Reconnaissance. Shot down north of Baltrum off the coast of Germany by Oblt Emmerich of II(J)TrGr186. Sgt Moore rests in Sage War Cemetery while the other crew men including P/O Gray, a New Zealander from Mount Eden, are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
(Coastal Command Losses 1939-1941 by Ross McNeill)
Regards,
Hans Nauta
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