Gray, Donald Arthur
Title
Gray, Donald Arthur
Description
57 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Donald Arthur Gray (b. 1922, 1006912 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 460 Squadron.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Catherine Burrows and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Catherine Burrows and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
2021-06-10
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Gray, DA
Collection Items
Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book
Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 1st February 1944 to 3rd October 1945. Completed training at 1662 Conversion Unit and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Posted to 460 Squadron for operations in March 1944. After completing his…
Letter to Don Gray from RAF Record Office
The letter advises Don that his DFM will be forwarded soon. There are also two newspaper cuttings about his award.
Notice of Final Payment of Pay and Allowances and Notice of Don Gray's DFM
RAF Form 2788 issued to Don. Also a newspaper cutting announcing Don's DFM.
Ron Gray's DFM
Don's medal with a letter from the King, an extract from the London Gazette and a brief description on his award.
Letter to Don Gray from Robby
Robby is pleased his health is improving. He tells him some minor news about his crew.
Letter to Don Gray from Dan Cullen
Dan hopes that his health improves and he gets back to base soon.
Voir
There is announcement about the allied landings on the morning of 6 June 1944, on the northern coast of Franch. There is a further statement from General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. He states the landings…
460 Squadron Operational Record
A list of operations conducted by 460 Squadron 22 November 1942 to 11 May 1945
Letter to Don Gray from Bill Grey
Don Gray is Junior and Bill Grey, Senior. He has news of 460 Squadron. Their latest aircraft was wrecked after an engineer selected the undercarriage up. They wrecked their new aircraft after an aborted raid on Hasselt. Fortunately the bombs did not…
Letter to Don Gray from Bill Grey
A letter to Don referring to their operation over Friedrichshafen. It includes a copy of the navigator's log and a newspaper article.
Flight Engineer Don Gray DFM
An autobiography of Don's RAF service. It includes reminiscences of specific trips, an extract on his DFM and a footnote by his son about his sense of humour.
Kneepad with In Flight Checklists
Two photographs of a wooden kneepad complete with pencil on a string tether. The first list is fuel consumption at various RPMs.
The second list is a checklist prior to take off.
The second photograph is a close up of the checklists.
The second list is a checklist prior to take off.
The second photograph is a close up of the checklists.
Don Gray's decorations
Three photographs of Don's medals.
#1 is his six medals -DFM, Bomber Command Clasp, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
#2 is five medals (no DFM)
#3 is five medals, captioned and a note included with the…
#1 is his six medals -DFM, Bomber Command Clasp, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
#2 is five medals (no DFM)
#3 is five medals, captioned and a note included with the…
Collection Tree
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