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SSgt Dale Austin Davis

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SSgt Dale Austin Davis Veteran

Birth
Piedmont, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
Death
13 Jan 1943 (aged 24)
Burial
Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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Dale A. Davis
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 19063626
369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Ewing Nebraska
Died: 13-Jan-43
Buried at: Plot B Row 17 Grave 38
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

His aircraft took off from Thurleigh, England. They were assigned to bomb an industrial area at Lille, France. They were involved in a mid-air collision with a second bomber called "Four of a Kind" about three miles north of Lille. Both crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul. There were 6 KIA and 4 POW. He was serving as the ball turret gunner.
Many thanks to Dwight "Andy" Anderson for providing this Bio Information
Dale A. Davis
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 19063626
369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Ewing Nebraska
Died: 13-Jan-43
Buried at: Plot B Row 17 Grave 38
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

His aircraft took off from Thurleigh, England. They were assigned to bomb an industrial area at Lille, France. They were involved in a mid-air collision with a second bomber called "Four of a Kind" about three miles north of Lille. Both crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul. There were 6 KIA and 4 POW. He was serving as the ball turret gunner.
Many thanks to Dwight "Andy" Anderson for providing this Bio Information

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Entered the Service from Nebraska.


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  • Maintained by: Loren Bender
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56371911/dale_austin-davis: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Dale Austin Davis (22 Apr 1918–13 Jan 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56371911, citing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Loren Bender (contributor 47060026).