"It's when a fellow is just gone and knows it, it is just crash into the ship or crash into the sea, and you have enough control to do a little bit more damage, why you crash into the ship."
— George H. GayA true hero and someone who was a real gentleman to me at Oshkosh when I was a boy. I'll never forget his kindness. Continue to rest in peace with your mates Lieutenant Commander Gay. You'll never be forgotten.
Following Midway, Gay took part in the Guadalcanal Campaign with VT-11, and he later became a Navy flight instructor.
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George Gay and VT-8 USS Hornet. Sole survivor of VT-8 at Battle of Midway
George Gay with VT-11 at Guadalcanal. Notice the 'kill' on his Avenger.
George Gay with VT-11 at Guadalcanal.
George H. Gay, Jr., CDR Weldon L. Hamilton (Air Group 11 CO) and LCDR Frederick L. Ashworth (Torpedo Squadron 11 CO) on Guadalcanal
Ground crew on Guadalcanal fuel a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger before a strike on Munda
TBF-1 Avenger pictured parked on grass at Guadalcanal 1942
VT-11 Guadalcanal
VT-11 Guadalcanal
VT-11 Guadalcanal
TBF-1's on the ground at Guadalcanal 1942
Lieutenant George Gay, sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8 at the Battle of Midway, speaks on the occasion of the christening ceremony of the carrier Midway (CVB 41) at Newport News, Virginia, 20 March 1945
Torpedo Squadron 11 Logo