Gray, Kenneth Neil
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Neil |
Surname | Gray |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | DFC CWC |
Date of Death | 01-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | War Cross (Czechoslovakia). Son of Robert Leonard Gray and of Margaret Gray (Nee Langford), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | N1500 |
Markings | DY- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dyce Old Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 172 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 40342 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
He had been awarded an immediate DFC in November 1939 after bringing his badly damaged Whitley back from Germany before making an emergency landing at Bircham Newton |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/2051 (P351808/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/807/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/807/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-05-1940 |
End Date | 01-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Kinloss |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Returning to base at Driffield |
Reason for Loss | Strayed off course in bad weather and crashed on the Hill of Foudland, Scotland |