Joseph W Davis

Military

Shot down 15 August 1944 in AC #4250442. Evaded. See Lt Eadmer W. Pease's page.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33548652
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14118841 and O-816256
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18000504
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694932
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19101798 and O-702123
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Winnsboro, South Carolina 28 December 1916

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, United States 9 August 1941

Other

Evaded

Belgium 15 August 1944 - 11 September 1944 Landed near Ruiselede, Belgium. See his Escape & Evasion report at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2034.pdf

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records database.
MACR 7918.
Escape & Evasion report http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2034.pdf

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php