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2LT Jesse E. Davis

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2LT Jesse E. Davis

Birth
Death
3 Feb 1944 (aged 27–28)
Garland, Miller County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Wayne County, Michigan? Add to Map
Memorial ID
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2ND LIEUTENANT, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, 335
BOMB GROUP, BARKSDALE FIELD, LOUISIANA.

Second Lieutenant Davis was killed in the
line of duty, when B-26B Marauder #42-43261
collided mid-air with another B-26 in the
skies near Garland, Arkansas, and crashed,
claiming thirteen lives on both planes.

NOTE: Not in Woodmere or Mt. Elliott
cemeteries.

The other airmen who perished were:

2nd Lt. Harold Scott , pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph M Limbach
2nd Lt. Charles H Tarr
Sgt. Robert E DePree
Sgt. Early B Edmondson, Jr
Cpl. Howard S Lowe

and aboard the other B-26 (#41-32070):

2nd Lt. John F Hannigan, Jr , pilot
2nd Lt. James G Seymour
2nd Lt. William L Wilson
S/Sgt. Olen E Woods
Sgt. Bernard R Mayfield
Sgt. Wayne McBride
~
Entered the service from Michigan: Service ID: O-691243.
2ND LIEUTENANT, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, 335
BOMB GROUP, BARKSDALE FIELD, LOUISIANA.

Second Lieutenant Davis was killed in the
line of duty, when B-26B Marauder #42-43261
collided mid-air with another B-26 in the
skies near Garland, Arkansas, and crashed,
claiming thirteen lives on both planes.

NOTE: Not in Woodmere or Mt. Elliott
cemeteries.

The other airmen who perished were:

2nd Lt. Harold Scott , pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph M Limbach
2nd Lt. Charles H Tarr
Sgt. Robert E DePree
Sgt. Early B Edmondson, Jr
Cpl. Howard S Lowe

and aboard the other B-26 (#41-32070):

2nd Lt. John F Hannigan, Jr , pilot
2nd Lt. James G Seymour
2nd Lt. William L Wilson
S/Sgt. Olen E Woods
Sgt. Bernard R Mayfield
Sgt. Wayne McBride
~
Entered the service from Michigan: Service ID: O-691243.

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