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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Robert William
Date of birth
2 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Glenwood, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-680190
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
550th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Slype-Middelkerke, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 6 16

Immediate family

Members
William A. Davis (father)
Ethel B. (Kemper) Davis (mother)
Elaine R. Davis (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38035
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mr. Lucky
Destination: Ulm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 16037

More information

The airplane collided with airplane #43-38273. Both airplanes were totally destroyed.

According to witnesses, B-17 #42-38035 pulled up into the other aircraft for reasons unknown.

Nine crew members were killed and one man survived.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.usaafdata.com, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels