Currie Boyd Davis

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Lieutenant Currie B. Davis, 366th Fighter Group, 390th Fighter Squadron. media-41939.jpeg UPL 41939 Lieutenant Currie B. Davis, 366th Fighter Group, 390th Fighter Squadron. IWM collections

Information from IWM object file EPH 4771, nameplate from P 47 Thunderbolt fighter aeroplane "Passion" . https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30084700

Object Number - UPL 41939 - Lieutenant Currie B. Davis, 366th Fighter Group, 390th Fighter Squadron.

After completion of pilot training in Marianna, Florida, and being commissioned in April, 1944, Currie Boyd Davis was assigned to 366th Fighter Group as a replacement pilot in Europe following the Invasion. From September, 1944 he was based at Laon, France and then later in Belgium, flying a total 55 missions, mainly engaged in shooting up railway, roads, bridges, factories, airfields and other stationary targets.



On one occasion Lt. Davis' P-47, 'Passion' was hit by hostile fire, obliging him to land behind enemy lines in France. He removed the hatch from his aircraft that was decorated with the names of the maintenance crew, successfully evading capture and later rejoined the Squadron to present the Crew Chief with the remains of 'Passion'.



Davis continued to serve with the Squadron until the end of hostilities, and was credited with shooting down a Fw-190 on New Years' Day, 1945. Davis was awarded the Air Medal and five oak leaf clusters.



Davis' A-2 flying Jacket is held in IWM's collection

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Born

Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA 11 December 1924

Died

18 January 2001

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IWM Catalogue record UNI 12134

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