An oral history om Lt. Gee Gay, the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 durg the Battle of Midway.
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
Midway was an improbable victory, but nothg was more improbable than what happened that day to Ensign Gee H. Gay. * 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 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 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 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? Gay abandoned his ial torpedo n and began to manver his aircraft while his rear gunner/radman, Aviatn Radman Third Class Robert K.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Meet Ts, the wife of Midway pilot Gee H. Gay. * ensign george gay *
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.
ENSIGN GEE H. GAY
* ensign george gay *
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.
Gay wasn’t actually the squ * 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.
Narrative of events durg the Battle of Midway by Ens. Gee Gay -- sole survivor of VT-8 (Hor's torpedo bombers) * ensign george gay *
In an stant mache gun and nnon fire ripped to the torpedo bomber, woundg Gay. Gay suffered severe flash burns on his left leg.