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- GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- WWII MIDWAY PILOT GEORGE GAY DIES
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
- FAIR WDS & FOLLOWG SEAS LCDR GEE HENRY GAY, JR.
- #VETERANOFTHEDAY LITENANT COMMANR GEE GAY
- GEE GAY
- ENS GEE H. GAY
- OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
- EDORS: GEE GAY, THEN A NAVY FLYER, HAD A...
- GEE H. GAY, JR.
GEE H. GAY, 77; WAS SOLE SURVIVOR IN A MIDWAY ATTACK
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Gay, 77; Was Sole Survivor In a Midway Attack ADVERTISEMENTOct. Gay Jr., a pilot who was the only survivor of his torpedo squadron the battle of Midway, and who drifted the sea as the most important naval battle of World War II unfold around him, died on Friday at Kenntone Hospal here.
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay. * pilot george gay *
Gay flew a Douglas Devastator torpedo plane an attack on Japane warships near Midway Island on June 4, the plan his squadron were shot down, and he was the only one of 30 men Torpedo Squadron 8 to survive. Gay watched the Amerin dive bombers hurtle out of the clouds to attack Japane aircraft rriers and found himself "cheerg and hollerg wh every h. Gay ma personal appearanc for the Navy, spreadg the news of the victory at Midway.
That victory -- achieved by an Amerin fleet wh only three heavy rriers agast four heavy Japane rriers and three light on -- was a turng pot the war that Gay was a Trans World Airl pilot for 30 years after the war. Gay toured the untry wh the film's stars, Charlton Hton and Henry Fonda, to promote the film.
WWII MIDWAY PILOT GEORGE GAY DIES
Gee H. Gay Jr., a pilot who drifted the sea as one of the most important naval battl of World War II unfold around him, is ad at age 77. Gay died Friday of a heart attack at Kenntone Hospal. * pilot george gay *
A native of Wa, Tex., he eventually moved to is survived by his wife, Esther Huffman Bevacqua Gay, and two stepchildren.
— “I really have had a good, good life, ” said Ts Gay on Sept. Gay held urt om her fy livg room chair wrapped a goln boa wh a matchg crown wh the number 100 on top. Gay is the widow of Gee Gay, a Navy pilot and rated hero of the Battle of Midway.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
For Ensign Gee H. Gay, Jr. of Wa, Texas, the morng of June 4, 1942 began wh groggy trepidatn. Wh knowledge of a large Japane vasn fleet movg towards Midway Island outnumberg the assembled Amerin naval force, Gay did not sleep well., * pilot george gay *
Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospal, wh a nurse and a py of the Honolulu Star-Bullet newspaper featurg acunts of the battle.
Gee Gay, then an ensign, was a pilot assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8, which was tasked wh skg Japane vsels. Unr wherg enemy fire om mache guns and anti-aircraft batteri, Gay ntued to prs his attack on a Japane rrier. When Gay went to fire his torpedo for the first time his life, nothg happened.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
Genealogy for Ensign Gee H. Gay (1917 - 1994) fay tree on Geni, wh over 250 ln profil of anctors and livg relativ. * pilot george gay *
(See edor’s note below)Ts Gay and granddghter Terri French talk to fay members who uldn't e person by vio chat Marietta, Ga., on Sept. But Ts Gay said the first time she met her future hband, she had only a vague ia of who he was.
FAIR WDS & FOLLOWG SEAS LCDR GEE HENRY GAY, JR.
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“I was roomg wh this iend, Srlet, and she me home one night and she said ‘We’ve got an vatn to go to Gee Gay’s birthday party. ’” Lookg back, Ts Gay said she loved him om the start. ” They were married 1946 and lived Marietta while Gee Gay worked as a pta for Trans World Airl for over 30 years.
Ts Gay said she remembers those years as some of the happit of her life. Ts Gay, too, regularly traveled to Washgton to attend Battle of Midway ceremoni followg her hband’s ath.
After Gee Gay died 1994, his ash were sttered the ocean where he fought and bled.
#VETERANOFTHEDAY LITENANT COMMANR GEE GAY
Edors: Gee Gay, then a Navy flyer, had a grandstand seat for the pivotal Battle of Midway, which took place 40 years ago June 4-6. His obsolete plane... * pilot george gay *
Senators, Amerin Legn Commanr Jam Oxford and Marietta Mayor Steve Tuml, who honored the uple 2012 by namg June 4 Ts and Gee Gay Day Marietta, markg the Battle of Midway’s 70th anniversary. Gay had a ltle fun wh one of the sailors and asked if she uld try on his uniform hat. ” Ts Gay said what other people ll class is a matter of rpectg onelf, somethg she thks today’s youngsters uld learn to do better.
50-liber mache-gun turret, was killed actn wh Japane fighters durg the attack (Natnal Archiv) Navy Tim edor’s note: It’s te that Ensign Gay was assigned to VT-8 on the aircraft rrier Hor (CV-8) and he was the only survivor om his tachment, but I don’t believe this story is rrect about Earnt and Ferrier flyg om another of all, there were three men their plane.
Ensign Gee Gay (Circled) would be the only survivor of his squadron’s attack on June 4, 1942. Gee Gay [right] and his radman/gunner, ARM3c Robert K. Gay was the pilot of a Devastator torpedo bomber VT-8, and like every sgle man his squadron, he experienced the terror of beg shot down at sea.
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Gay sat there bobbg up and down the water, the middle of the Japane fleet, probably thkg his life was over, tryg sperately to hi unr his seat chn.
ENS GEE H. GAY
Gay Jr., a pilot who drifted the sea as one of the most important naval battl of World War II unfold around him, is ad at age 77. Gay died Friday of a heart attack at Kenntone a 25-year-old Navy pilot, Gay flew a Douglas Devastator an attack on Japane war ships near Midway Island on June 4, 1942. " Later, Gay ma personal appearanc on behalf of the Navy, spreadg the news of the natn's first sea victory the Pacific, a turng pot the war.
Wh knowledge of a large Japane vasn fleet movg towards Midway Island outnumberg the assembled Amerin naval force, Gay did not sleep well.
OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
The attack by VT-8 on the Japane rrier battle group that morng would be the first bat missn for the squadron, and the first time Gay or any of the squadron's ensign pilots had ever flown a missn - much ls wnsed a takeoff?
Gay abandoned his ial torpedo n and began to manver his aircraft while his rear gunner/radman, Aviatn Radman Third Class Robert K.
EDORS: GEE GAY, THEN A NAVY FLYER, HAD A...
30 liber mache gun, Gay fired at anythg that flew ont of him and managed to h and damage one Zero fighter until the gun jammed. Sudnly Gay felt somethg h his left arm, and found blood on his hand.
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Soon Huntgton lled over the ter that he was h and then the rad went silent; Gay was on his own. In ls than 15 mut, enemy fighters had annihilated VT-8 except for Gay's aircraft.
At a distance of 800 yards om the ship, Gay dropped his torpedo and managed to hop his Devastator over the rrier. Circlg back around, Gay found himself facg five Japane fighter plan. In an stant mache gun and nnon fire ripped to the torpedo bomber, woundg Gay.
Gay suffered severe flash burns on his left leg. Dpe havg his dr and aileron ntrols shot out, Gay managed to somewhat ntrol the crash of the Devastator to the sea, rtwheelg on impact Dpe the ckp ame jammg on impact, Gay smashed out of the nopy and unsuccsfully attempted to extrite Huntgton.