Billie K Davis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].
Object Number - UPL 19158 - B-17F 'One O'Clock Jump' 41-24582 VK-G William W Frost Crew - 358th BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF. Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays...
Unable to make a successful exit B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: One O'Clock Jump
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Fontainebleau, France | 12 December 1942 | Unable to make a successful exit from the spinning aircraft he was killed when it crashed. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; Hell's Angels Newsletter May 2001, MACR 16031, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53