Army Officer Service No.(ASN): O-475678
Robert E. Jay fell to his death from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. He was a pilot holding the rank of 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army and veteran of WWII.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 21, 1945 Page: 11
Memphis, Tenn., April 20
Detective Inspector W. D. Miller today ruled out suicide in the death plunge of Lieutenant Robert E. Jay of Abilene, Tex., from the roof of Peabody Hotel Tuesday night. Miller revised his earlier report that the flier leaped from the roof and said Jay "apparently slipped from a narrow ledge" in the deserted dance hall atop the hotel as he attempted to hide from military police.
Jay was based at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, Tex. Link to wife provided by SoDakid # 47473882.
Robert E. Jay fell to his death from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. He was a pilot holding the rank of 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army and veteran of WWII.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 21, 1945 Page: 11
Memphis, Tenn., April 20
Detective Inspector W. D. Miller today ruled out suicide in the death plunge of Lieutenant Robert E. Jay of Abilene, Tex., from the roof of Peabody Hotel Tuesday night. Miller revised his earlier report that the flier leaped from the roof and said Jay "apparently slipped from a narrow ledge" in the deserted dance hall atop the hotel as he attempted to hide from military police.
Jay was based at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, Tex. Link to wife provided by SoDakid # 47473882.
Army Officer Service No.(ASN): O-475678
Robert E. Jay fell to his death from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. He was a pilot holding the rank of 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army and veteran of WWII.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 21, 1945 Page: 11
Memphis, Tenn., April 20
Detective Inspector W. D. Miller today ruled out suicide in the death plunge of Lieutenant Robert E. Jay of Abilene, Tex., from the roof of Peabody Hotel Tuesday night. Miller revised his earlier report that the flier leaped from the roof and said Jay "apparently slipped from a narrow ledge" in the deserted dance hall atop the hotel as he attempted to hide from military police.
Jay was based at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, Tex. Link to wife provided by SoDakid # 47473882.
Robert E. Jay fell to his death from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. He was a pilot holding the rank of 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army and veteran of WWII.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 21, 1945 Page: 11
Memphis, Tenn., April 20
Detective Inspector W. D. Miller today ruled out suicide in the death plunge of Lieutenant Robert E. Jay of Abilene, Tex., from the roof of Peabody Hotel Tuesday night. Miller revised his earlier report that the flier leaped from the roof and said Jay "apparently slipped from a narrow ledge" in the deserted dance hall atop the hotel as he attempted to hide from military police.
Jay was based at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, Tex. Link to wife provided by SoDakid # 47473882.
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