William E Davis Jr
Military
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UPL 31031
Harry E. Joho Crew
388th BG - 563rd BS
B-17F-115-BO #42-30625 "Joho's Jokers" Code: S
Standing L to R: Eugene G. Cordes (B), Harry E. Joho (P), James F. McKenna, Jr. (CP), Thomas F. Murphy (B)
Kneeling L to R: Albert A. Wilson (TG), William E. Davis (WG), Elias J. Thomas (BTG), Robert F. Grove (R/O), Robert M. Wilson (WG), Donald M. Streeter (FE)
388th BG - 563rd BS
B-17F-115-BO #42-30625 "Joho's Jokers" Code: S
Standing L to R: Eugene G. Cordes (B), Harry E. Joho (P), James F. McKenna, Jr. (CP), Thomas F. Murphy (B)
Kneeling L to R: Albert A. Wilson (TG), William E. Davis (WG), Elias J. Thomas (BTG), Robert F. Grove (R/O), Robert M. Wilson (WG), Donald M. Streeter (FE)
Killed in Action (KIA) 5 December 1943
AM/ PH
Listed as "photographer" on the crew list on the mission he was KIA. Davis appears to have flown his previous missions as a waist gunner.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677750
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793780
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battlin Betsy
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joho's Jokers
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Bassar
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 December 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 11 November 1943
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
29 September 1942 | ||
Died |
5 December 1943 | Lt. Todd, in a/c 42-30837 "Ole Bassar" left the formation north of the Target with #1 Engine feathered and was shot down by FW 190's. | |
Born |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial • Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Plot Plot B Row 4 Grave 31 |
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ABMC, Combat Sup,
href="http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-DAV03…">http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-DAV03…; / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia