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Douglas James Davis

Military

  • Load list showing crew of the Silver Shed House on 5 Sep 1944 that were involved in the midair collision. It was my dad's (Jack P. Farnham CP) first mission. The plane was repaired and my dad flew this plane on his next four missions. He flew the Silver Shed House a total of eight times out of his 35 missions, which included his last mission on 3 Feb 1945 Target: Berlin.

    Load list showing crew of the Silver Shed House on 5 Sep 1944 that were involved in the midair collision. It was my dad's (Jack P. Farnham CP) first mission. The plane was repaired and my dad flew this plane on his next four missions. He flew the Silver Shed House a total of eight times out of his 35 missions, which included his last mission on 3 Feb 1945 Target: Berlin.

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  • 1st Lt Douglas J Davis :- Air medal award card. 452BG.

    1st Lt Douglas J Davis :- Air medal award card. 452BG.

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  • 1st Lt Douglas J. Davis :- DFC award card. 452BG.

    1st Lt Douglas J. Davis :- DFC award card. 452BG.

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Assigned to 730BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Kaminski crew. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

Service

People

  • Edward Kaminski

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
    Assigned to 730th Squadron. ...

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Units served with

  • 452nd Bomb Group

    452nd Bomb Group

    Group
    The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group...

  • 730th Bomb Squadron

    730th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-107073 Silver Shed House

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Tulsa 13/2/44; Kearney 21/2/44; Presque Is 4/4/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green [6K-J] 14/3/44; crash landed Honington base, Sfk. 30/7/44, repaired and returned to operations; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South...

Associated Place

  • Deopham Green

    Military site : airfield
    Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Prattsburgh, NY 29 June 1924

Son of Henry Davis.
Based Deopham Green 1944 – 1944

Assigned to 730BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF.
Lived in Pinehurst, NC July 2021
Nationality
American
Nickname
Doug
Service numbers
O-751640
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Bombardier
Awards
  • Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters
  • Distinguished Flying Cross
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze stars

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
16 January 2022 11:30:04 Al_Skiff Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133362957
https://www.fold3.com/image/672193828
Date Contributor Update
24 July 2021 01:19:58 tdavis9710 Changes to nickname and role
Sources

I'm Doug Davis's son. He's still alive and living in Pinehurst, NC. I intend to update further with your permission and as I obtain more information regarding his his missions.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:07:46 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

1999 Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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