Thomas Arthur Davis Jr

Military
media-52715.jpeg UPL 52715 1st Lt Thomas A Davis, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52715 - 1st Lt Thomas A Davis, 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-31077 'Pakawalup II' 30-Sep-44; hit by flak setting no. 1 engine on fire, crashed near Bursteinfurt. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9416



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Denver R Charleville

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
Hollywood actress Marlene Dietrich with airmen of the 401st Bomb Group after a ride in a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pakawalup". Printed caption on reverse: 'Marlene Dietrich, long famed for her attractive legs, entertained more than 1,000 officers and enlisted men of the 8th Air Force Base at Hangar no 1 on 29 September 1944, Miss Dietrich and party were picked up from Birmingham in the Boeing B-17 "Pakawalup" piloted by Colonel William T Seawell (2nd left) and Captain Felix Kalinski (left) with Lawr

Felix A Kalinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-26070
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pakawalup II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Baled out POW

Bursteinfurt, Germany 30 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-31077 'Pakawalup II' 30-Sep-44; hit by flak setting no. 1 engine on fire, crashed near Bursteinfurt. POW MACR 9416

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 30 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Born

Oneida, New York Son of Gertrude Davis.

Based

Deenethorpe 30 September 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28702551
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2944
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13171
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=17741

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9416,

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1743; Losses of the 8thAF, vol.4

Thomas Arthur Davis: Gallery (2 items)

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Object number: UPL 52715 - 1st Lt Thomas A Davis, 401BG.