Charles G Davis

Military
media-41340.jpeg UPL 41340 Major Charles G. Davis; from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056 447th Bomb Group collection

from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056

Object Number - UPL 41340 - Major Charles G. Davis; from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056

Charles Gerald Davis is the son of Dr. Cecil Clair and Margaret Marie Quinlan Davis. Charles Enlisted into the Army Air Corps, Aviation Cadet on 3 Oct 1941. On his application it states that he had 4 years of college with Civil Occupation as Architects. Charles did not survive the war. Information from his niece, Carol Davis Moss, she states that Charles attended UC Berkeley and then enlisted in the Army Air Force when WWII began. He became a navigator and attained the rank of Major. He was killed by injuries sustained from Flak after a bombing raid over Belgium, the only one in the crew to die.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 447th Sub-Depot 708th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 710th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (13th Combat Bomb Wing) Headquarters (447th Bomb Group) 447th Signal Construction Battalion Headquarters & Headquarters Company (447th Signal Construction Battalion) 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Intel
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Missions

  • Date: 17 October 1944

Places

Events

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Died

17 October 1944

Revisions

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447

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Find a Grave, Ancestry, 447 Bomb Group archives

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Timothy Motz

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 & Combat Sup

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