Raymond E. Grew
764TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)
OFFICE OF THE OPERATIONS OFFICER
APO 520 US ARMY
8 FEBRUARY 1945
C E R T I F I C A T E
I CERTIFY THAT 1ST. LT. RAYMOND E. GREW, 0-719057, HAS COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING SORTIES, WITH DATES, TIME AND TARGETS BELOW.
| DATE | TIME | TARGETS |
| 27 JULY 1944 | 4:30 | PEC, YUGOSLAVIA |
| 30 JULY 1944 | 7:15 | BUDAPEST, HUNGARY |
| 2 AUG 1944 | 7:30 | AVIGNON, FRANCE |
| 6 AUG 1944 | 8:00 | MIRAMAS, GERMANY |
| 7 AUG 1944 | 8:00 | BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY |
| 10 AUG 1944 | 7:30 | PLOESTI, RUMANIA |
| 12 AUG 1944 | 6:30 | GENOA, ITALY |
| 20 AUG 1944 | 7:00 | SZOLNOCK, HUNGARY |
| 23 AUG 1944 | 7:30 | MARKERSDORF, AUSTRIA |
| 24 AUG 1944 | ABORTED | FERRARA, ITALY |
| 26 AUG 1944 | 8:15 | BUCHAREST, RUMANIA |
| 27 AUG 1944 | 6:15 | VENZONE, ITALY |
| 28 AUG 1944 | 7:00 | SZOLNOK, HUNGARY |
| 1 SEPT 1944 | 6:15 | FERRARA, ITALY |
| 3 SEPT 1944 | 6:00 | SMEDERVA, YUGOSLAVIA |
| 10 SEPT 1944 | 8:00 | LYONS, FRANCE |
| 15 SEPT 1944 | 9:15 | LYONS, FRANCE |
| 16 SEPT 1944 | 9:15 | LYONS, FRANCE |
| 7 OCT 1944 | 7:00 | KAMARON, HUNGARY |
| 12 OCT 1944 | 6:30 | BOLOGNA, ITALY |
| 13 OCT 1944 | 8:30 | VIENNA, AUSTRIA |
| 14 OCT 1944 | 7:30 | BRATISLAVA, CZECHOSLAVAKIA |
| 23 OCT 1944 | 8:30 | MUNICH, GERMANY |
| 1 NOV 1944 | 7:30 | GRAZ, AUSTRIA |
| 4 NOV 1944 | 8:00 | AUGSBURG, AUSTRIA |
| 6 NOV 1944 | 7:00 | BOLZANO, ITALY |
| 11 NOV 1944 | 8:00 | LINZ, AUSTRIA |
| 17 NOV 1944 | 7:30 | VIENNA, AUSTRIA |
| 15 DEC 1944 | 7:30 | LINZ, AUSTRIA |
| 19 DEC 1944 | ABORTED | BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY |
| 28 DEC 1944 | 6:00 | VENZONE, ITALY |
| 5 JAN 1945 | 6:30 | ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA |
| 8 JAN 1945 | 8:00 | KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA |
| 20 JAN 1945 | 7:30 | LINZ, AUSTRIA |
| 31 JAN 1945 | 7:30 | MOOSBIERBAUM, AUSTRIA |
| 1 FEB 1945 | 6:30 | GRAZ, AUSTRIA |
| 5 FEB 1945 | 8:00 | REGENSBERG, GERMANY |
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMBAT SORTIES, 35; TOTAL NUMBER OF COMBAT FLYING HOURS, 262:30.
EDWARD F. VEILUVA
CAPTAIN, AIR CORPS,
OPERATIONS OFFICER
1st Lieutenant Raymond E. Grew
764th Bombardment Squadron
461st Bombardment Group
49th Bomb Wing
Fifteenth Army Air Force
Lt. Grew enlisted in the US Army Air Force on November 14, 1942. He started basic training February 14, 1943, and after finishing Navigation School, he earned his Navigator Wings April 6, 1944.
After B-24 crew training at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, he was then sent to Torretta, Italy, where he started flying bombing sorties over Europe on July 27, 1944.
Ray flew 35 bombing sorties, and then returned to the states, becoming a Flight Engineer instructor at Hondo , TX. He instructed flight engineers in B-29 cruise control for 2 months.
After completion of military service on October 12, 1945, he returned to University of Michigan to finish his mechanical engineering degree. He was enlisted in the Army Officers Reserve for a few years until he started a family. He worked as an engineer for 35 yrs. at F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., living in Cedar Grove, NJ with his wife, 3 daughters, and a son.
He retired in Escondido, CA, and died in Hospice care in Mission Viejo, CA, aged 96 years.