LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell GRAY
Service No: 411897
Born: Kew VIC, 14 November 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Wireless and Gunnery School, Parkes NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Wireless and Gunnery School Wackett Trainer aircraft A3-106), near Forbes NSW, 25 June 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Parkes General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Roland Vectis Gray and Elizabeth Jane Gray, of Kew, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Condoblin and District Memorial Park and Cenotaph, Condoblin NSW
On 25 June 1942, Wackett Trainer A3-106 crashed as a result of unknown circumstances during a training exercise approximately 36 kms from Forbes, killing both crew members.
The crew members of A3-106 were:
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell Gray (411897) (Trainee Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer William Bowe Stubbs (415284) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 182
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line