Jack Davidson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Jack Davidson was Radio Operator/Gunner on board B-17 #42-3235 "Lakanuki", shot down 4 July 1943 over France. Missing Air Crew Report MACR #3035. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Thomas Henry Brzoznowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16056228 at enlistment, then O-735948
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

David Lloyd Butcher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16011010
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James Thomas Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6950609
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Kenneth Eldon Christensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38130722
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James Claybourne Crouch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095103 at enlistment, then O-797275
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-3235

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lakanuki
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Toledo, Ohio, United States 20 May 1942

Died

Killed in action (KIA)

Poillé-sur-Vègre, Sarthe, France 4 July 1943 Shot down before the target was reached; crashed near Poillé-sur-Vègre about 40km WSW of Le Mans, France. MACR 3035/4495

Born

Leiters Ford, Aubbeenaubbee Township, Fulton County, Indiana, United States the son of Thomas Milo Davidson and Laura B. (McIntire) Davidson

Buried

Or Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, France Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Plot I Row 25 Grave 32

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4840

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ContributorPietvanGrinsven
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I myself visited the grave.

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 3035
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website
US Census 1930

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4495 / MACR 4495, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database