Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

III./Kampfgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

October 15th, 1939

According to other source the awarding date is 17-9-1939.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

7./Kampfgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

June 1st, 1940

According to other source the awarding date is 7-6-1940.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 7./Kampfgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

June 20th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 6./Kampfgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

September 6th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

January 13th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

June 21st, 1943

Awarded for the sum of his successes as a bomber pilot. He ultimately flew a total of 409 sorties, achieving the following notable successes in that time…

- Attacking Polish army units in the Kutno area despite being wounded.
- Damaging a British submarine off the island of Milos on the 23.05.1941.
- An attack on the Vitebsk airfield in Belorussia, where he destroyed 2 hangars, a fuel dump and 19 aircraft on the ground.
- Defeating a Soviet armoured attack southwest of Staraya Russa on the 17.08.1941, where he and his Kette destroyed two tanks.
- Wiping out an enemy artillery battalion with 45 vehicles while it was on the march in the same area as the previous action (19.08.1941).
- Destroying a total of 34 tanks, 82 trucks, 40 horse-drawn wagons, 3 artillery positions and 3 anti-aircraft positions in the time period July-November 1942, while he was serving on the centre of the Eastern front.
- Conducting numerous low-level attacks with his Staffel in the Rzhev-Zubtsov area during the time period 30.07.-08.08.1942. He braved heavy AA fire to help relieve the pressure on the Heer forces in the area. In this time Gey had an engine knocked out on three separate occasions, but each time was able to return to his airfield with just one engine working.
- Preventing a Soviet armoured breakthrough east of Sychevka alongside his Staffel on the 03.09.1942. 4 tanks were destroyed via direct hits and another 3 were damaged.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Awarded on:

June 28th, 1943