Leonardo F Davies

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37715.jpeg UPL 37715 Some of the crew who bailed out of the "Channel Express" landed at an ATS camp where they received a hearty welcome. In photo above are left to right, front row: Sgt. Harry C Parker, S/Sgt. Calvin W Hopkins and A.T.S. Sgt. P. Haslam from Brockenhurst, England, who is admiring the fine silk in the parachute. Back row, left to right: A.T.S. Company Sgt. Major Walkingshaw, from Edinburgh, Scotland, gives S/Sgt. Fred E McCawley some tea. Behind McCawley is Sgt. Leonardo F Davies.

Object Number - UPL 37715 - Some of the crew who bailed out of the "Channel Express" landed at an ATS camp where they received a hearty welcome. In photo above are left to...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Failed to return (FTR) Berlin 8-May-44 in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa'; A/C hit by flak behind ball turret. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Massa
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Channel Express
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 26 September 1941

Died

Hesepe, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to return (FTR) Berlin 8-May-44 in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa'; A/C hit by flak behind ball turret. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586

Buried

Achmer, Germany 9 May 1944 Interred Achmer cemetery Grave #76

Born

New York State

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Deenethorpe 8 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot K Row 1 Grave 1

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