Daniel Walter Davis

Military

Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Eislaben, shot down by Fw190 in P-51D 'Doodlebug' 44-14033; A/C crashed at Hessenhuette on 11-Sep-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8786



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14033

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Doodlebug
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Honington

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Yakima, WA 30 March 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

Hessenhütte, Germany 11 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Eislaben, shot down by Fw190 in P-51D 'Doodlebug' 44-14033; A/C crashed at Hessenhuette on 11-Sep-44 POW. MACR 8786

Died

Idaho Falls, ID 20 February 2016

Buried

Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, ID 24 February 2016 Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Boise, Ada County, ID

Based

Honington 11 September 1944 Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28727890
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158547355/daniel-walter-davis

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ContributorTom
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Edited 'unknown' event to 'crashed' based on biography description.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8786 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list