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After the war, Gay became a commercial airline pilot and enjoyed an unblemished 30-year career with Trans World Airlines. Occasionally, he was invited to speak at historical forums commemorating the victory at Midway. At one, the other two Torpedo Eight survivors, Bert Earnest and Harry Ferrier, were also invited to attend.
Honored by: CDR Harry Ferrier was an aircrew member of Torpedo Squadron Eight at the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942. He was the only enlisted man of the squadron to survive the battle. His aircraft, a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, was the only one of 21 aircraft flown by the squadron to return from the battle. Two pilots also survived, bringing to ...
Sep 15, 2007 · The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Ferrier. Ferrier joined the Navy in January 1941 and received basic training in Newport. He attended aviation radio school in Jacksonville was and assigned to an Avenger crew as a radioman. On 4 June 1942 his plane was attacked at the Battle of Midway by enemy fighters while targeting the Japanese fleet. His turret ...
Jun 4, 2015 · Escape to Midway. Posted onJune 4, 2015by John R Bruning. Harry Ferrier grew up in Massachusetts and Connecticut. At age sixteen, he lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Harry became an aviation radioman and joined his first squadron, Torpedo Eight, in September of 1941. At age seventeen, he flew his first combat mission.
Commander Harry H. Ferrier, U.S. Navy (Retired) Commander Ferrier served briefly in VT-3 and VB (Bombing Squadron)-5 on board the USS Yorktown (CV-5) after his assignment to VT-8. He was commissioned in January 1945, and later served in three heavy-attack squadrons, the USS Princeton (LPH-5), and Patrol Squadron 2.
From left are replacement gunner Basil Rich, pilot Ensign Albert K. Earnest, and Radioman 3rd Class Harry H. Ferrier. During the Battle of Midway, Earnest, Ferrier and Seaman 1st Class Jay D. Manning flew with a detachment of six TBFs from Midway. Manning was killed in action, but their plane was the only one of Torpedo 8 to survive the day.
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The pilots of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) aboard USS Hornet (CV-8) shortly before the Battle of Midway. Only Ensign George H. Gay, front row, center, would survive. (U.S. Navy photograph published in LIFE Magazine) 4 June 1942: At the Battle of Midway, beginning at 0702 hours, fifteen Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers were launched ...
