Raymond D Davis

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-40131.jpeg UPL 40131 Lt Raymond D Davis 364BS, 305BG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 40131 - Lt Raymond D Davis 364BS, 305BG, 8AF.

Shot down by flak and crashed near Heilbronn, GR on a mission to Schweinfurt on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31308. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31308

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		24 February 1944
Born	Cameron, South Carolina, USA
Buried	South Carolina
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	24 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:04

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2766 / MACR 2766, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 40131 - Lt Raymond D Davis 364BS, 305BG, 8AF.