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| Name: |
Charles Gossage Grey |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Services: |
French Air Service
United States Air Service |
| Units: |
Spa93 (FAS)
213th Aero (USAS) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
20 June 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Died: |
06 March 1987 |
| Place of Death: |
Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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The son of Walter C. Grey of Chicago, Illinois, Charles Gossage Grey joined the Lafayette Flying Corps on 17 June 1917. After serving with Spa93, he transferred to the United States Air Service on 13 March 1918. On 1 August 1918, he was assigned to the 213th Aero Squadron as a flight commander. The only ace to serve in this squadron, Grey scored five confirmed victories while flying the SPAD XIII. |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
| The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Gossage Grey, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montmedy, France, November 4, 1918. While leading a patrol of three machines, Captain Grey observed a formation of our bombing planes hard pressed by 12 of the enemy. He attacked the leading enemy machine without hesitation, thereby attracting the enemy's fire and allowing the bombing machines to escape undamaged.
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919 |
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| Victories |
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Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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02 Sep 1918 |
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213th |
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Two-seater 1 |
Flirey |
| 2 |
14 Sep 1918 |
1310 |
213th |
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Fokker D.VII 2 |
Spangville |
| 3 |
04 Oct 1918 |
1135 |
213th |
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Fokker D.VII |
Dun-sur-Meuse |
| 4 |
28 Oct 1918 |
1530 |
213th |
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Fokker D.VII |
Bantheville |
| 5 |
03 Nov 1918 |
0905 |
213th |
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Balloon 3 |
Verriers |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt S P Gaillard, Lt R Phelan |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt S P Gaillard, Lt R W Richardson |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt S P Gaillard, Lt H S Loomis, Lt K W Matheson, Lt J E McGehee, Lt H C Smith, Lt A H Treadwell |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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