Robert W Davis
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Object Number - UPL 36530 - Report of Aircraft Accident March 1, 1945
Robert Davis was Co-Pilot on B-17G #42-38035 involved in a mid-air collision over Ostend, Belgium with B-17 #43-38273 (also 550th BS) on 1 March 1945 (mission to Ulm, Germany.) Crashed on a farm in Slijpe, Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33697484
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2066200
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
near Slijpe, Belgium | 1 March 1945 | in the loss of 42-38035 after a mid-air collision with 43-38273 over Ostend, Belgium on 1 March 1945 (mission to Ulm, Germany) |
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Illinois |
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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database