Richard W Davis

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by flak on the return from a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-3548 crashed E of Halern, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Willie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 March 1944

Born

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 3593, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3593 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database