Wallace B Davis
MilitaryMichel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Plane, 43-37827, was named 'Wally's Wagon. ' 35 missions: Aug 13 Les Planches, Fr; 14 Stuttgart, Ger; 16 Leipzig, Ger; 18 Leige, Bel; 25 Peenemunde, Ger; 26 Gelsenkirchen, Ger; 30 Kiel, Ger; Sep 1 Paris, Fr; 3 Mannheim, Ger; 9 Mannheim, Ger; 10 Stuttgart, Ger; 11 Merseberg, Ger; 22 Kassel Ger; 25 Frankfort, Ger; 26 Osnabruck, Ger; 27 Cologne, Ger; 28 Magdeburg; 30 Munster; Oct 2 Kassel; 3 Nurnburg; 6 Stettin; 7 Zwieckan, Czech. border; 25 Hamburg, Ger; 26 Bielefeld, Ger; 30 Munster, Ger; Nov 2 Merseberg, Ger; 4 Harbourg, Ger; 5 Frankfort, Ger; 9 Saarbrucken, Ger; 16 Aachan, Ger; 25 Merseberg, Ger; 29 Osnabruch, Ger; 30 Merseberg, Ger; Dec 4 Kassel, Ger; 5 Berlin, Ger; 6 Merseberg, Ger. Upon return to U. S. was reassigned to Air Transport Command.
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PUC
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wally's Wagon, Sweet Seventeen
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Asheville, North Carolina | 27 February 1916 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self