Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay.
Contents:
- DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY'S FATEFUL DAY, JUNE 4, 1942
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
DECIDG WHETHER TO LIVE OR DIE: GEE GAY, MIDWAY SURVIVOR
* ensign george gay *
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.
Ensign Gee Gay’s Story. Gay, Jr.
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. 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.
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., * ensign george gay *
Ensign Gay saw the U. Wh knowledge of a large Japane vasn fleet movg towards Midway Island outnumberg the assembled Amerin naval force, Gay did not sleep well. 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?
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * ensign george gay *
Gay abandoned his ial torpedo n and began to manver his aircraft while his rear gunner/radman, Aviatn Radman Third Class Robert K. 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.
Soon Huntgton lled over the ter that he was h and then the rad went silent; Gay was on his own.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
An oral history om Lt. Gee Gay, the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 durg the Battle of Midway. * ensign george gay *
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 wasn’t actually the squ * ensign george 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. As the plane sank away, Gay bid his ra goodbye and swam to the surface, bumpg to his unflated life raft that floated ee of the skg aircraft.
Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers) * ensign george gay *
Bobbg the ocean nsirable pa while ridg the life raft between his legs, Gay spotted a black chn om the plane floatg nearby. Regnizg as the chn loted the crawl space beneath the pilot's seat, Gay grabbed to put over his head an verted V shape to provi him some mouflage om the enemy while still havg some semblance of visibily.