Identity
Person No.
8613
Service No.
922567
Last Name
First Name
James William
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Stirling N6081, Nuremburg. 159 aircraft despatched- incurred 23 losses. Low altitude attack. PFF used target indicators for the first time and were able to place them with great accuracy. Much damage in the Altstadt and the Nazi rally area in the south of the city, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 34 km NE of Mannheim
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Alexander and Maria Magdalene Gray, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. A Mining Engineer
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project