Stenborg, Gray

Date of birth:: October 13th, 1921
Date of death:: September 24th, 1943
Buried on:: French-British War Cemetery Marissel
Grave: 205.
Nationality:: New Zealander

Biography

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pilot Officer
Unit:: No. 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: July 28th, 1942

Pilot Officer Stenborg has displayed great determination and keenness to engage the enemy. One day in July, 1942, he encountered a superior force of enemy fighters which were, acting as escort to bombers. Pilot Officer Stenborg attacked the enemy fighters, destroying two of them, and dispersed the remainder, thus enabling other Royal Air Force fighters to attack the bombers. A few days later he completed a. similar operation and again shot down two enemy fighters. Pilot Officer Stenborg has now destroyed eight.enemy aircraft."