David Arnold Ray b. 7 Apr 1916 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia d. 24 Feb 1942 North Sea

1916 - 1942 (25 years)

Name	David Arnold Ray
Born	7 Apr 1916	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Gender	Male
Died	24 Feb 1942	North Sea
	World War II - Killed in Action
Buried	Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Person ID	I03720	Family Tree
Last Modified	24 Aug 2022

Father	Edwin Ray, b. 13 Jan 1882, Central Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia , d. 14 Aug 1958, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (Age 76 years)
Mother	Katie Helena Crossman Hazlewood, b. 13 Dec 1888, Homebush, New South Wales, Australia , d. 20 Aug 1975, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (Age 86 years)
Married	1913	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Family ID	F1265	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 7 Apr 1916 - Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
	Died - 24 Feb 1942 - North Sea
	Buried - - Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Notes

On 24 February 1942 Hudson AM563 took off from North Coates on an anti-shipping patrol. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. The aircraft was lost and one crew member became a Prisoner of War. In 1948, Pilot Officer Knight, the only survivor, recorded that the three missing crew members had lost their lives at sea.

Pilot Officer Knight reported that ?the aircraft hit the mast of a ship and burst into flames after crashing on an ice floe. A portion of the aircraft in which Knight was sitting broke away from the burning portion and he managed to make his escape on to the ice, from which he was rescued. The burning portion of the aircraft broke through the ice and sank quickly. Pilot Officer Knight stated that he heard nothing from the other crew after hitting the mast and although the boat that rescued him made a search for other survivors their efforts were unsuccessful. Later the crew of the ship stated that they only saw one figure on the ice floe before the aircraft sank, and coupled with the fact that the weather was bitterly cold, any person thrown out beyond the limit of the search would not have survived. Pilot Officer Knight is certain that he was the only survivor.?