Raymond L. GOURLAY

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE16148592
AGE24 yo
DATE OF BIRTH 1920 INDIANA
ETATWayne MICHIGAN
FAMILY Single
RANKTechnical Sergeant
FONCTIONMechanic
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled welders and flame cutters MI
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 26 October 1942 Detroit  MICHIGAN 
REGIMENT SQUADRON860th Bomber Squadron
DIVISION GROUP493rd Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH18 August 1944GOURLAY Raymond L tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCne de Boussicourt -  Pierrepont-sur-Avre
DATA PLAN

 B-24 Liberator - type H-15-CF - s/n 41-29473

"Bolicat"

b24

Macr: 8413

Mission: Attack aerodrome sector Roye (80)

Takeoff Station 152 Debach, Suffolk UK

Shots by flak 09h52

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A432
DECORATION

Air Medal + OLC

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

am2olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  493bg 860bs
STORY
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type H-15-CF - s/n 41-29473

"Bolicat"

1st Lieutenant George H.  WASHINGTON Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-690287 - AM+2 - OKLAHOMA
2nd Lieutenant John Conway KEHOE CoPilot Dead Aquia Episcopal Church Cem. VIRGINIA O-815917 - 22 ans - Son of John Carlisle Kehoe and Mildred Whashington Moncure Kehoa -
2nd Lieutenant Norman C GRANT Navigator Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia  O-700001 - MINNESOTA
2nd Lieutenant Glenn A. GUYER

Bomber

Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-696020 - AM+2/PH - NEW YORK
T/Sergeant Robert H ALLEN Radio Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) 39036804
T/Sergeant Raymond L. GOURLAY Mechanic Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 16148592 - AM+2 - MICHIGAN
S/Sergeant John G. DOYLE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 16113696 - AM+2/PH - MICHIGAN
S/Sergeant Felix J SHOSTAK Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) 11056110 - AM+2/PH - VERMONT
S/Sergeant Raymond R. GUTHRIE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 16066457 - AM+2/PH - ILLINOIS
B 24 Liberator
 GUYER GLENN A stele  GUYER GLENN A stele2  GUYER GLENN A stele1
Memorial plaque affixed to the memorial to the B-24H-15-CF crew. 41-29473-NG of the 8th A.F- 3rd B.D- 493rd B.G- 860th. B.S named "Bolicat" piloted by the 1st Lt WASHINGTON. Georges.H. on mission # 561 on Roye airfield hit by the Flak which crashed east of Pierrepont-sur-Avre on August 18, 1944.
SOURCE INFORMATIONS & PHOTOS Aerosteles.net 

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American CemeteriesFindagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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