Glendon Valley Davis
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 478 - Captain Davis T. Perron, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas L. Jr. "Tommy" Hayes, Captain Glendon V. "GV" Davis and Major Donald H. Bochkay of the 357th...
Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 7.5 x E/A destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Bourges in P-51B 43-6867 'Pregnant Polecat'. Mechanical failure, caused his baleout near Bourges, France 28-Apr-44; Evaded capture (EVD). MACR 4411.
Glen was born the son of a schoolteacher in Cambridge, ID on December 2nd, 1916. He was a flight officer in the Army Air Corps in 1940. Serving in the European Theatre, he was awarded several medals as a P-51 Mustang fighter "ace." On his last mission, he parachuted into occupied central France when his engine failed. Several very brave French families hid him from the Germans for four months until the Resistance smuggled him back to England. Twenty years later, as a U.S. Air Force Officer, he returned to France to thank the French families for their courageous assistance. After WWII, Glen was a career Air Force officer, retiring in 1971 as Colonel.
Awards: DFC (1OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Pregnant Polecat
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington County, ID, USA | 2 December 1916 | Son of Fayetta and Maud E Davis. |
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Enlisted |
Boise, ID | 30 January 1942 | Boise, Idaho |
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Based |
Leiston | 27 February 1943 | Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston, UK | 27 April 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
Bourges, France | 28 April 1944 | With the assistance of French civilians evaded capture (EVD). |
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Other Baled out EVD |
Bourges, France | 28 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission in P-51B 43-6867 'Pregnant Polecat'. Mechanical failure, caused his baleout near Bourges, France 28-Apr-44; Evaded capture (EVD). MACR 4411. |
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Died Promoted |
Sonoma, CA 95476, USA | 24 March 2006 | |
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Buried |
Santa Rosa Memorial Park Santa Rosa Sonoma County CA | 27 March 2006 | Santa Rosa Memorial Park Santa Rosa Sonoma County California, USA Plot: Garden of Devotion - Grave 2615-3 |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston, UK | Promoted to Captain. |
Revisions
Reflected awards update into Bio
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NARA files verified DFC w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster and AM w/3 Oak Leaf Clusters. He earned at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal. His awards or decorations after WWII could be verified in his personnel records.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4411 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
