Davis Dunaway Garrison Jr

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media-40308.jpeg UPL 40308 Davis Garrison and 44-6677, Pisa 1945

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Object Number - UPL 40308 - Davis Garrison and 44-6677, Pisa 1945

Davis Garrison Jr served as a B-17 pilot with the 483rd Bomb Group, 816th Squadron at Sterparone, Italy in early 1945. After the war ended, transferred to the 2nd Bomb Group and transferred groups from Pisa to Casablanca as part of “Homebound Airlines”.

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  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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