Sgt. Malcolm Gray of 72 Sqn. BofB

[Tom Semenza]

In RAF Fighter Command Victory Claims of WW2, Part One John Foreman lists a claim on 26 Sept. 1940 for Sgt. M. Gray of 72 Sqn. for a Do 17 destroyed 100m E May Is. at 08.48.

However Norman Franks in RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War, Vol. 1 lists Sgt. Malcolm Gray being KIA on 5 Sept. 1940 flying Spitfire I (N3093). This date is confirmed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site.

Can anyone explain this discrepancy. I assume that either the date of the claim is in error or the wrong pilot is listed for the correct date.

Thanks in advance.

Tom

[Peter Clare]

Originally Posted by Tom Semenza

In RAF Fighter Command Victory Claims of WW2, Part One John Foreman lists a claim on 26 Sept. 1940 for Sgt. M. Gray of 72 Sqn. for a Do 17 destroyed 100m E May Is. at 08.48.

However Norman Franks in RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War, Vol. 1 lists Sgt. Malcolm Gray being KIA on 5 Sept. 1940 flying Spitfire I (N3093). This date is confirmed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site.

Can anyone explain this discrepancy. I assume that either the date of the claim is in error or the wrong pilot is listed for the correct date.

Thanks in advance.

Tom

Kenneth G. Wynn in 'Men of the Battle of Britain' gives the date of this loss as 9 September 1940. His aircraft, Spitfire N3093 was shot down and crashed into Elham Park Wood