GREY Robert

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
  • Surname:
    GREY
  • Service Number:
    72081
  • Rank:

    Squadron Leader/Pilot

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    63 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th October 1942
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Section, Row O. Grave 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Further Information About GREY Robert

Robert Grey was born in 1915. He attended Malvern College in House 6 from 1928 to 1933.

On 4th October 1942 Robert Grey was the pilot of Mustang AM168. He was participating in a tank and troop exercise on training grounds with Mustang aircraft flying simulated attacks. During one such attack his aircraft was put into a vertical climb and disappeared in to the cloud. It re-appeared in a steep spin from which the pilot did not recover and struck the ground in the Preston Moor area, Grinton. It is thought the pilot may have blacked out as a result of the steep climb.

Source for aircraft accident:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/am168.html

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