Emerson Davies
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Emerson and his brother Ray both joined up to fight in the war - one in the Air Force and one in the Navy.
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Military
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Emerson and his brother Ray both joined up to fight in the war - one in the Air Force and one in the Navy.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne, WY 22/4/43; Smoky Hill, KS 28/4/43; Walla Walla, WA 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Presque Island 6/6/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Framlingham 5/6/43; 335BS [OE-P] Horham 15/6/43; 12m, Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with John...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | ||
Prisoner of War (POW) | Belgium | 17 August 1943 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:16:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
MACR 401 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |