George Harrison Davis
Military
Object Number - UPL 49041 - Capt George H. Davis, 4FG.
Captain George H Davis served on both the 336th and 335th fighter Squadrons.
He was shot down on 3 March 1945 - he broke an ankle when he baled out of his P-51 44-63599 and landed on a tree stump near Bierdon. He was still nursing his broken ankle when he was released from prisoner of war camp one month later.
Awards: AM (2 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME Campaign.
Post war: remained in USAF, retired as Major.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | 30 August 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 13 March 1941 | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 30 September 1944 - 26 January 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 26 January 1945 - 9 July 1945 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Celle, Germany | 3 March 1945 | Aircraft struck by debris from an explosion caused while strafing copse 8 miles NW of Celle, Germany. Baled out, suffering a broken ankle after landing in a tree. POW. MACR 12899. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 9 July 1945 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Maryland, USA | 20 November 1974 | |
| Berlin, Maryland, USA | |||
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Buried |
Buckingham Cemetery Berlin Worcester County MD | Buckingham Cemetery Berlin Worcester County Maryland, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12899 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
