Onner Duncan Davis II
MilitaryAssigned to 551BS, 549BG, 8AF USAAF. Originally assigned Co-Pilot at Great Ashfield in B-17 42-31917 'Off Spring' with Pilot Duane (Pappy) Pangle. Twenty missions completed in Off Spring before battle damage prevented the aircraft from flying the 21st mission on 11-Apr-44. Assigned to B-17 42-30197 'Mission Belle' crash landed in Sweden that day and interned.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064872 / O-803669
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Indiana | 13 October 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Evansville, IN | 17 January 1941 | Evansville, Indiana |
Other Interned (INT) |
Kristianopel, Sweden | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-30197 'Mission Belle', hit by flak on bomb run 11-Apr-44. Landed in Kristianopel, Sweden. Interned. |
Died |
5 November 1972 | ||
Buried |
Laurel Land Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX | 8 November 1972 | Laurel Land Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas |
Based |
Great Ashfield | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 551BS, 549BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3822
MACR 3822 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database