Ellis H Davison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

First Lieutenant Ellis Davison was a command pilot with over 50 missions with the 450th Squadron of the 322nd Bomb Group, based at Andrews Field, north of London. On the night of July 7-8, 1944 he agreed to substitute as co-pilot for B-26 #42-95970 under Captain Frederick E Peters, for the first B-26 night mission. He was killed in action when the aircraft was shot down over France, north of Amiens.



His nephew, Ellis H. Davison, II, Lieut-Cmdr, U. S. Coast Guard, Retired, has posted in detail about this mission on Davison's Honor State record: http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=114303

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Units served with

322nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95970

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Houston, TX, USA 18 March 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

8 July 2044

Buried

Plot C Row 5 Grave 26

Born

Texas, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Biographical information from http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=114303

MACR 625

NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&tf=F&q=ell…

ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/544432#.Vx8_IU32aM8

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Sources

9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide