Gray, Robert Hampton Victoria Cross Recipient

Gray, Robert Hampton (1917-1945). An aviator with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, this British Columbian served aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for participating in a bombing attack on a Japanese destroyer at Onagawa on August 9th, 1945. With his aircraft in flames, Gray dived to within fifty feet of the target before releasing his bombs. Taking a direct hit, the destroyer immediately sank. Unfortunately, Gray perished when his plane crashed.

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