Thomas H Davis
MilitaryL-R: Lt Richard Lewis, Sgt Homer M Bagby, 2Lt Martin J Licursi, Unknown, Sgt Arthur Engleheart, T/Sgt Russell R Ahlgren, Sgt Paul F Chabula, Lt Elseworth P Kenyon, 2Lt Thomas H Davies, S/Sgt John H Lambert Jr.
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-30004 ditched in Channel on 6-Sep-43. Returned to base.
Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30242 'Lallah-V III', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 911
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16023564 / O-2044663
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Based |
Chelveston | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 911, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 270, 332