:bad:Hi, my uncle Neil Francis Gray died in an aircraft crash in the Sudan on the sixteenth of June 1943, and have only recently found he has a grave stone in Khartoum. My late father always believed he was lost over water. I would dearly love to know what happened on that day.
ww2 Hi Sufi and welcome to the Forum. Here is the info for you: GRAY, NEIL FRANCIS Rank:Warrant Officer Service No:406617 Date of Death:16/06/1943 Age:25 Regiment/Service:Royal Australian Air Force He is buried in Grave Reference 7. D. 5. Cemetery KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Robert Alexander and Ethel May Gray, of East Fremantle, Western Australia. If you access the link it will give his Roll of honour: Roll of Honour - Neil Francis Gray | Australian War Memorial This is what happened to him taken from the Australian war memorial and archives: RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS 406617 Warrant Officer GRAY, Neil Francis Source: AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/16/109 Commonwealth War Graves records Aircraft Type: Hudson Serial number: FK 459 Radio call sign: Unit: 1 Aircraft Delivery RAF Summary: On the 16th June 1943, Hudson FK459 crashed near the RAF drome at Khartoum, Sudan, Middle East. The crew and 15 passengers were killed. The passengers included WO Gray (Navigator/Bomb Aimer) and WO Raven (Pilot) of the RAAF.. The other passengers were members of other forces Crew: RAF W O G E Harris, Captain (Pilot) * RAF Sgt B J Cox, (Wireless Air Gunner) * Seconded to BAOC WO Harris and Sgt Cox, and WO’s Gray and Raven are buried in the Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan. Hope this has helped All the best Keith Photo was taken by a gentleman on another forum who lives in Sudan
Thank you Kbak, for the quick response, you have answered everything I needed to know. Kind regards Sufi
Your more than welcome if you need help with anything else, then please don't hesitste to ask myself or any member Kind regards Keith
Neil Francis Greys Service file Hi Sufi, I have found his service record for you at the The National Archives Australia and his deceased one as well. all the best Keith
found this it tells how Hudson FK459 plane crashed ASN Aircraft accident 16-JUN-1943 Lockheed 414 Hudson VI FK459 regards Keith
